Thursday, May 03, 2007

OK, Then, Can I Ask a Mischevious Question?   [Andy McCarthy]

Does it matter to anyone that Sen. McCain is, as we speak, the plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court in which he is trying to shut down the message of a pro-life group (Wisconsin Right to Life) because it had the audacity to mention the name of Russ Feingold — a major pro-choice Senator who is McCain's friend and cohort in his assault on the First Amendment (aka "campaign finance reform") — during its campaign to get up-or-down votes in the Senate for Bush judicial nominees?

National Review folks have had a lot to say about Giuliani's position on the Hyde Amendment.  I don't blame them for worrying about that, although Hyde is 30-year-old law as to which there is no current federal legislation pending.  But I continue to be puzzled that not much has been said around here about what Senator McCain is up to:  A three-year campaign to silence a pro-life group based on his 5-year-old law which, by the way, he is trying to get the Supreme Court to inflate with a radical interpretation further suffocating political speech.

I completely understand the instinct to have Giuliani address pro-life concerns.  But McCain's radical assault on First Amendment freedoms is having current, real-world consequences for a pro-life advocacy group, and NR is yawning.  I don't get it.

05/03 07:38 PMShare