Reply #74: I'm sure you hear it all the time, actually...

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I believe Dennis had a genuine change of heart, arrived at after a very long time and some serious consideration. I believe this because I had a similar apotheosis a few years back. I hate the idea of abortions, but believe reproductive choice is just that.

The reason that this issue does not matter so much to me is that it is Dennis Kucinich that changed his mind, not some other politician. This sounds somewhat unfair to others and self-serving to DK, but my reasoning is thus:

a) He believes the same as I - that the government has no place in the bedrooms of its citizens.
b) He is a pretty strict constitutionalist, so the fact that the SC has already decided Roe v. Wade must be the last word - it is simply a job for the judicial branch, rather than executive or legislative.
c) I accept his explanation: "I don't believe in abortions, few do. I do, however, believe in choice."
d) I believe Dennis Kucinich is a man of integrity and that his change of heart was as genuine as mine.

You have every right to call it what you will, however.