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    Gov. Tim Kaine Really Does Choose Life

    Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 10:05 PM | By Hanna Rosin
    Jess, I one-up your post about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius approving the ultrasound law with this one. Virginia Gov. and DNC Chairman Tim Kaine signed a bill that allows the state to sell "Choose Life" license plates and give some of the revenue over to "crisis pregnancy centers." These centers have always driven pro-choice groups crazy. In their eyes, these are places that draw in innocent pregnant teens and convince them to keep their babies. NARAL, for example, is furious at Kaine. But supporting the centers is not the equivalent of restricting the right to abortion. These are private groups that sprung up to counteract places like Planned Parenthood. Fair play, it seems to me. Secondly, there is a rich irony here in the wrath toward Kaine. A devout Catholic, he was one of the first to show that Democrats too could use their faith to win elections. He became a party hero when he was elected governor in a Southern state in 2005, and paved the way for the party's return. Now when the left realizes he wasn't kidding—he actually IS a Catholic. Well, we can't have that, can we?
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