Reply #27: I could and did vote for Bonior

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He was not an absolutist on abortion and I think that's how it would be with most progressives who had that that black/white "pro-life" label. I don't think pro-ban is accurate in describing Bonior. He had a stronger pro-choice voting record than Joe Schwartz who was touted as the pro-choice Republican in that gubenatorial election.

http://www.freep.com/news/politics/polcol8_20020408.htm

I never got the feeling that Bonior was going to push for anti-abortion legislation and that he was coming around to a more pro-choice position like Kucinich. At least not in the latter part of his political career. He was a damn good liberal even if he wasn't always as liberal I would have liked him to be on this issue.

It's hard for me to imagine a true progressive who would be an absolutist on the abortion issue. If they were, and I knew a vote for them meant abortion would be illegal abortion rights would be seriously curtailed, I don't think I could vote for that person.