Will assisted suicide hurt HRC among PA trad Dems? + poll

Hillary has spoken. Now, this isn't about how you or I feel about assisted-suicide laws. This is about how it plays in PA and other areas where there are moderate to conservative Democrats weighing whom to support. As a point of contrast, from talkleft.com, Obama has said "I'm mindful of the legitimate interests of states to prevent a slide from palliative treatments into euthanasia" which is pretty artful. OK, and I will update this with saying that this very issue might well concern a Bob Casey-type Democrat who obviously resides in PA.

So sayeth Hillary in an Oregon newspaper interview here:

It starts out with typical HRC speak, but the intriguing bit below the fold:

[HRC]: I believe it’s within the province of the states to make that decision [re assisted suicide law]. I commend Oregon on this count, as well, because whether I agree with it or not or think it’s a good idea or not, the fact that Oregon is breaking new ground and providing valuable information as to what does and doesn’t work when it comes to end-of-life questions, I think, is very beneficial.

And if there is in fact a whole lotta Bama between Philly and Pittsburgh, will this play? Now of course it comes as no surprise that in the above quote Hillary wants it all ways. It's beneficial to provide information, whether she agrees with it or not, blah, blah, blah.

The very next question:

Q: Would you have voted for it if you were a resident of the state?

A: I don’t know the answer to that. I have a great deal of sympathy for people who are in difficult end-of-life situations. I’ve gone to friends who have been in great pain and suffering at the end of their lives. I’ve never been personally confronted with it but I know it’s a terribly difficult decision that should never be forced upon anyone. So with appropriate safeguards and informed decision-making, I think it’s an appropriate right to have.

Now we all know she needs to frame the answer first, and we all feel bad about those who are in great pain and suffering. But then she gets all sweet and incoherent on us with a "decision that should never be forced upon anyone." What, the status of not being able to "decide" due to the non-existence of the law? Or, even with an assisted suicide law in place, that legally approved decision should not be "forced" on anyone? Well, life and death dictate even if you support the law. So HRC would like to ban evil, bad death. Hurray.

Now to the meat of the issue. If you are a moderate or conservative Dem in PA and elsewhere, how do you react to such a "right"?

So Hillary, on this issue, tacks left. Away from her supposed core base.

Discuss.