Still trying to spotlight all the major news articles published today on the new revelation that Barack Obama voted against identical Born Alive legislation as IL state senator that passed on the federal level overwhelmingly.

Washington Post, today, front page:

The narrative of the presidential campaign appeared to be set on the issue of abortion: Sen. Barack Obama was the abortion-rights candidate who was reaching out to foes, seeking common ground and making inroads. Sen. John McCain was the abortion opponent….

But both those impressions have been altered since the Rev. Rick Warren’s Saddleback Civil Forum in CA ….Obama’s hesitant statement at the forum that defining the beginning of life is “above my pay grade” took even some supporters by surprise. Since then, the National Right to Life Committee has challenged him on an obscure law that protects babies born alive after failed abortions, saying that his opposition to the measure in the IL state legislature proves he is an extremist….

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Hannity, Colmes, and Beckel shout about Obama/Born Alive On August 19, Hannity, Colmes, and Beckel got into a shouting match over Barack Obama’s opposition as IL state senator to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.

At issue was whether it was worded identically as the federal bill, which Obama has denied for 4 years.

It was. Obama was lying.

Beckel did not like that Obama was standing accused of supporting infanticide.

Which he does.

Colmes, sarcastically: “Barack Obama would kill Jill Stanek’s baby.”

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Post From: Jill Stanek’s Blog

CBN expose on Obama/Born Alive

David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network helped launch a firestorm of controversy on August 16 when asking Barack Obama in an interview after the Saddleback Showdown about the accusation he had misrepresented his opposition to IL’s Born Alive Infants Protection Act.

National Right to Life had just announced the discovery of documentation that Obama opposed identical verbiage as the federal Born Alive bill, contrary to multiple statements otherwise.

This interview provides a great synopsis and update of the controversy so far,

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