Romney's Abortion Dance, Circa 2005

Published Feb 21 2007, 08:11 PM by David S. Bernstein

The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus had a column on Mitt Romney's abortion position(s) yesterday -- a popular topic these days -- but the real eye-opener is this extended exerpt from her interview with the Mittster in February 2005. That's a few months after his supposed eiphany on the issue. Check out this snippet from Mr. Leadership:

Sean [his aide] came up to me today and said there's a new bill coming up with regards to a particular matter and I said don't tell me what it does, I will veto it. it relates to choice and abortion. I said I don't know whether it's pro-life or pro-choice, I said I would not support any change in the law as governor, whether it's one that conforms with my own personal views or whether it conforms with someone else's views