Pro-Choice = Pro-Rights

OK, I really am too busy to post today, but Shakespeare's Sister has an excellent post up on the pro-choice position. She exactly articulates why it's so critical that progressives present a united front on the political position of choice, regardless of one's personal views:

I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but I have a real problem with anti-choice Dem candidates, and here’s why: abortion rights is an issue for which one must distinguish between one’s personal belief from one’s political belief. One of John Kerry’s most eloquently stated positions was on this very topic, when, during one of the debates, he alluded to the fact that he is personally pro-life, but separates that from his position of being politically pro-choice.

It's an important distinction, and one that we have to be clear about in all this talk of "being welcoming" to anti-abortion adherents. More.