Blue Dogs and Christian-extremist Republicans use "Obamacare" to roll back women's rights

Politico - An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak [1] (D-Mich.) coordinated opposition to the Senate health bill’s abortion compromise this morning with the Republican Senate leadership, according to a chain of frantic emails obtained this morning by POLITICO.

Stupak, in an interview with POLITICO, called the Senate bill’s abortion position "unacceptable" – but disavowed his staffer’s collaboration with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell [2].

“I never talked to McConnell about the health care bill,” said Stupak, adding that “I did not authorize the email [which] “was sent without my knowledge.” 

Stupak said that he has discussed the Senate’s abortion position with Democratic senators Ben Nelson [3] (Neb.) and Robert Casey [4] (Penn.), who both hold conservative views on abortion.  Read more [5].