The three hardest words in politics are “I was wrong” – and I have to say them today.
Earlier today, I put up a tweet and Facebook status that said
The ones who got the Democrat healthcare bill through the US House are the same ones pushing Loudermilk for Speaker of the Ga House
This remains, in the MOST general of ways, correct. It WAS pro-lifers that got the Stupak Amendment passed, which allowed conservative Democrats to vote for the healthcare bill, thus ensuring its passage.
HOWEVER, the specific pro-lifer I was referring to – Jenny Hodges – was, on this issue, one of the good guys who realized exactly what Stupak would do and thus worked AGAINST it.
I. Was. Wrong. for saying she had worked to ensure Obamacare’s passage.
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