Yes, we can.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

That's exactly how I meant it. He was afraid to answer it honestly.

And I don't understand the concept of answering the question for those in that specific audience. As if every question and answer wasn't going to be known outside that audience that was in the auditorium?

I thought his answer was fine. He said he supports [i]Roe[,/I] which with its trimester approach, pretty well sums up how a lot of people feel about abortion, i.e., they can support it without reservation in the early stages of a pregnancy, but the "ick" factor increases as time passes. (This, of course, is one reason why Roe looks more like sensible legislation than constitutional interpretation.) He then said he supported a ban on late term abortions with an exception for the health of the mother.

McCain said "life begins at conception," but lots of pro-choice people believe this, and it really doesn't resolve the constitutional questions.