FactCheck.org on Palin rape kit story: 'Unlike some claims about Palin, this one has some merit'

FactCheck,org has looked at the story about Palin's town charging rape victims for their rape kits and forensic exams and found that: "Unlike some claims about Palin, this one has some merit..."

Remember, as I've mentioned before about this story, two issues are key. 1) Sarah Palin keeps commenting on just the "evidence gathering" part of the exam, but says nothing about whether she support public financing of rape victims getting emergency contraception or AIDS drugs. 2) We keep hearing that her town would charge the rape victims' insurance companies "when possible" - putting aside what happens when it's "not possible," whoever heard of an insurance company picking up 100% of an emergency room visit with no co-pay and no deductible? These women clearly had to pay even if their insurance picked up some of the tab.