mikeybates

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Trump could have gotten it done, but he didn't. It doesn't matter what kind of a person McCain was, all Trump had to do was treat him with respect. But he just couldn't.

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Didn't McCain say that he wouldn't vote for any healthcare bill that Democrats wouldn't also support? So it sounds like the Democrats (not Trump) were effectively in control of the process, because the critical Republican vote was giving them control.

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You don't think Trump insulting him for months had anything to do with that?

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I guess it's possible. As I recall, McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts in 2001 because he was angry about the 2000 primary. In 2017, McCain was saying that he wouldn't vote for any bill that Democrats didn't also support. Okay... The Democrats did not take that approach when passing Obamacare. Come to think of it, no Democrat has ever said anything like that. They vote as a bloc on every critical vote, no matter what. That's why they dominate.

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It's sad Republicans even have to be worried about this election. The Dems are trying to gift the Republicans a sweep in this election and Republicans think it's cool to trot out a guy that alienates everyone.

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The days of national landslides are long gone. No Republican is "guaranteed" a victory, against Biden or anyone else.

I mean, you all voted for Romney, right? Who said in 1994 that he was more pro-choice than Ted Kennedy? Who passed the model for/precursor to Obamacare when he was the governor of Massachusetts? It is rarely a "perfect" candidate on offer.

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But it’s widely accepted by the same people that claim fertilized eggs are babies and that because so, abortion is murder.

So your point is moot.

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Right, because as I said, IVF can be performed with intentionally destroying any embryos.

So this means no action for negligence or breach of contract. So parents who pay for IVF cannot recover if the embyros they paid for are destroyed through negligence. Do people read these bills, or not?

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If you believe life begins at conception though wouldn't that make sense, each one of those is a person with a soul, don't they deserve their day in court and protections from medical malpractice against them? How is that different than accidently killing a patient with a mistake during surgery?

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Should it be possible to recover for wrongful death if a pregnant women gets in a car accident and the unborn child dies? Should someone who kills a pregnant woman be charged with two homicides?

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btw-Trump lost most every "normal" city I can think of in 2020. La Crosse, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Wausau, Superior Janesville, Beloit.... Racine and Kenosha counties he may have won. Doubt he won those cities however and can't be bothered to check as it's immaterial.

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Do Republicans normally win those cities? Didn't McCain and Romney (who I like, to be fair) lose Wisconsin by 10 points or something? Trump's done better in Wisconsin than any Republican in years. And I know Scott Walker did well, too, but it didn't vote Republican for President until 2016.

Abortions are not as common as you think. First, the rule is more interesting than the exception. 75% of women will not get abortions by age 45.

Second, this figure varies wildly by population group. Everyone is familiar with the racial gap in abortion rates. It is not true, then, that 25% of white, and black, and Hispanic, etc., women will have abortions by age 45. It's more like 40% of black women, 15% of white women, etc.

The figure will also vary by location. The abortion rate by residence (not occurrence) was about 40% lower in red states than in blue states even before Dobbs. And in many red states the large majority of abortions are obtained by Democratic voters, given the demographic figures. So the lifetime incidence figure is probably closer to 5-10% among Republican voters (perhaps lower).

In truth, it is not hard to avoid having an abortion if you make responsible decisions. If it was just something that "happens to everyone," the rate would not vary so much by population group.

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If the laws are vague, the doctors don’t know whether they can terminate before it ruptures. If the law says you can terminate to save the life of the mother, how close to death does she need to be? This is not just about ectopic pregnancies. I used that as one of many examples. It’s hard to understand nuances of the law.

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That's true of any homicide law. The fact that there are cases where lethal force may be lawfully used in self-defense, and that it is difficult to draw the line, is not an argument for the lawfulness of ordinary homicide. Fixating on the 1% of marginal cases obscures the central case of abortion.