Oh boy. Debra Bartoshevich is the star of a new John McCain ad. She's a nurse and a former Clinton delegate who is voting for McCain. Yesterday, the RNC hauled Debra to Denver so she could rub it in our faces that she's with McCain now. According to Steve Benen (who is now at Washington Montly), Debra doesn't really know John McCain's record. She actually thinks he's pro-choice:
At a Denver press conference this afternoon organized by Republicans, Bartoschevich, who claims to be a pro-choice Democrat, was asked about her concerns about reproductive rights under another pro-life Republican president.Steve's being kind by calling Debra "terribly confused." Debra is getting her fifteen minutes of fame -- and she's looking like an idiot. Debra must have missed the Saddleback forum where John McCain proclaimed "I will be a pro-life president":
"Going back to 1999, John McCain did an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle saying that overturning Roe v. Wade would not make any sense, because then women would have to have illegal abortions," Bartoschevich said.
This is surprisingly helpful. I've wondered why a pro-choice Democrat who cares about women's rights would even consider a conservative Republican with an abysmal record on women's rights. It turns out, the answer is pretty straightforward: she's terribly confused.
Hmm, will Debra admit she's wrong? Debra should ask her new best friend about birth control, too.
