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64. This is who Perriello is...

“I’ve always from the start fought for women’s access to reproductive health care. My opponent hasn’t,” Northam said in an interview with The Post on Wednesday. “I have never been one, despite being from a very conservative area of Virginia, that puts my finger up to see which way the political winds are blowing.”

He was referring to Perriello’s voting record while representing a conservative district in Congress, including his support for an unsuccessful amendment to the Affordable Care Act in 2009 that would have prevented insurance plans covering abortions from receiving public subsidies. The day after he launched his gubernatorial campaign, Perriello penned a lengthy post on Facebook apologizing for the vote and defending abortion rights.

As a member of Congress, Perriello also opposed the assault weapons ban and was endorsed by the National Rifle Association, a group he called the “epitome of people-powered politics.” But a month ago, Perriello ripped into the NRA, calling it a “nut-job extremist organization.”

In Congress, Perriello joined a bipartisan effort within the Virginia delegation to allow oil and gas drilling off the state’s coast. At a campaign appearance this month, Perriello said he now is “very skeptical” about offshore drilling.



“You don’t do a mea culpa on three issues like that,” said Senate Minority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax), who backs Northam. “He talks like Bernie Sanders, but he votes like Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-va-governors-race-democrats-are-locked-in-primary-battle-to-be-the-most-progressive/2017/02/15/84b56096-e98e-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html?utm_term=.5f972b3534a5