womzilla | The fundamental squalor of the American right wing

In the third (and final) Obama-McCain debate, McCain said this about the right of women to have an abortion in cases of medical necessity:

[Obama says he's for the] health for the mother. You know, that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything. That's the extreme pro-abortion position, quote, "health."

The transcript (from the LA Times) has that last "health" in quotes because McCain actually made air-quotes as he said that. No, really. I'm not making that up.

PNH described John McCain's eye-rolling about assassination of Columbian labor leaders as "moral squalor". But really, the explicit contempt shown to the concept of abortion as a possible health issue is even more shocking. I think it's better described as Sam Bee does in this clip from The Daily Show: "John McCain has put women's health where it belongs: in derisive air quotes".

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