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**please forward this to friends and family** Online at http://www.LifeNews.com/nat4433b.html<http://www.lifenews.com/nat4433b.html> In this same spirit, as defenders of the culture of life, John McCain and I believe in the goodness and potential of every innocent life. I believe the truest measure of any society is how it treats those who are least able to defend and speak for themselves. And who is more vulnerable, or more innocent, than a child? When I learned that my son Trig would have special needs, I had to prepare my heart for the challenges to come. At first I was scared, and Todd and I had to ask for strength and understanding. But I can tell you a few things Ive learned already. Yes, every innocent life matters. Everyone belongs in the circle of protection. Every child has something to contribute to the world, if we give them that chance. There are the worlds standards of perfection and then there are Gods, and these are the final measure. Every child is beautiful before God, and dear to Him for their own sake. As for our beautiful baby boy, for Todd and me, he is only more precious because he is vulnerable. In some ways, I think we stand to learn more from him than he does from us. When we hold Trig and care for him, we dont feel scared anymore. We feel blessed. Its hard to think of many issues that could possibly be more important than who is protected in law and who isnt who is granted life and who is denied it. So when our opponent, Senator Obama, speaks about questions of life, I listen very carefully. I listened when he defended his unconditional support for unlimited abortions. He said that a woman shouldnt have to be quote punished with a baby. He said that right here in Johnstown punished with a baby and its about time we called him on it. The more I hear from Senator Obama, the more I understand why he is so vague and evasive on the subject. Americans need to see his record for what it is. Its not negative or mean-spirited to talk to about his record. Whatever party you belong to, there are facts you need to know. Senator Obama has voted against bills to end partial-birth abortion. In the Illinois Senate, a bipartisan majority passed legislation against that practice. Senator Obama opposed that bill. He voted against it in committee, and voted present on the Senate floor. In that legislature, present is how you vote when youre against something, but dont want to be held to account. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat, described partial-birth abortion as too close to infanticide. Barack Obama thinks its a constitutional right, but he is wrong. Most troubling, as a state senator, Barack Obama wouldnt even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion. These infants often babies with special needs are simply left to die. In 2002, Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care for those babies who survive an abortion. Theyre living, breathing babies, but Senator Obama describes them as pre-viable. This merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Illinois had a version of the same law. Obama voted against it. Asked about this vote, Senator Obama assured a reporter that hed have voted yes on that bill if it had contained language similar to the federal version of the Born Alive Act. Theres just one little problem with that story: the language of both the state and federal bills was identical. In short, Senator Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life. He has sided with those who wont even protect a child born alive. And this exposes the emptiness of his promises to move beyond the old politics. In both parties, Americans have many concerns to be weighed in the votes they cast on November fourth. In times like these, with wars and a financial crisis, its easy to forget even as deep and abiding a concern as the right to life. And it seems our opponent hopes that you will forget. Like so much else in his agenda, he hopes you wont notice how radical his ideas and record are until its too late. But let there be no misunderstanding about the stakes. A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn. As Senator Obama told Pastor Rick Warren, its above his pay grade. For a candidate who talks so often about hope, he offers no hope at all in meeting this great challenge to the conscience of America. There is a growing consensus in our country that we can overcome narrow partisanship on this issue, and bring all the resources of a generous country to the aid of both women in need and the child waiting to be born. We need more of the compassion and idealism that our opponents own party, at its best, once stood for. We need the clarity and conviction of leaders like the late Governor Bob Casey. He represented a humanity that speaks to all of us no matter what our party, our background, our faith, or our gender. And no matter your position on this sensitive subject, I hope that spirit will guide you on Election Day. I ask you to vote for McCain-Palin on the November fourth, and help us to bring this country together in the rational discussion of compassion and life. ______ Receive the LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report via email daily or weekly at no cost. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "subscribe daily" or "subscribe weekly." I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE. http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/ 1/recall- the-congress- of-this-united- states Would you like to help organize a march on Washington like the one that successfully brought an end to Viet war? If we don't fire Washington, who will? For details, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rich Martin
