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[Tom Rinaldo]

14. We currently have several senators with pro life beliefs actually

... including Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, and Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Tom Kaine in Virginia (Tim still supported the Hyde Amendment until he shifted that position to join Hillary on our presidential ticket).

Their vote go to Chuck Schumer to be the Senate Majority leader at the start of every Congressional session (bfore that they went to Harry Reid.

And the thing is it is not uncommon for Democratic politicians who are/were pro life to "evolve" their position when they enter the U.S. Senate with six year terms and a state wide voter base to seek reelection rather than whatever the demographics were in some smaller office that they rose up from. The Senate is where the screws traditionally get turned on prolife Democrats to come around to the mainstream Democratic position on reproductive freedom.

It is not that dissimilar than how things played out for my U.S. Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand REGARDING GUN RIGHTS. When she was first appointed to finish out Hillary Clinton's term she was a Congresswoman representing a somewhat rural and conservative upstate congressional district AND she had high ratings from the NRA. That (and some other such things) really upset a lot of NY state liberals like me at the time who were alarmed about her pending appointment to the Senate. But once Kirsten no longer had to represent a somewhat narrow constituency when trying to win reelection things became different Kirsten EVOLVED big time in her new job. She began to represent al New York State Democrats. Now I love her.