If we are fated to spend this year weighing the smart ways to cut spending, one useful test will be, What is this debate really about? Prudence? Principle? Or just payback? You couldn't help wondering, if you had sat in the House gallery late into a TTiurs-day night listening to the debate over an amendment to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood. For pro-life forces, the opportunity was irresistible: for the first time since abortion became legal, more Americans call themselves pro-life than pro-choice, including 29 governors (up from 21 before last fall's midterms). Activists call this the best climate in years for passing pro-life laws.
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