John McCain

good morn __PUNCT__ thi is john_mccain __PUNCT__ speak to you at the end of an event week in the presidenti_campaign __PUNCT__

all the talk todai is about my oppon select of hi run_mate __PUNCT__

to hi new run mate __PUNCT__ my congratul and i get back to you real soon on your debat oppon __PUNCT__

the week began with a debat of sort between senat_obama and me at saddleback church in lake forest __PUNCT__ california __PUNCT__

in case you miss it __PUNCT__ the discuss yield the line of the week __PUNCT__ and mayb even of the campaign __PUNCT__ when pastor rick_warren ask my oppon a veri seriou question __PUNCT__

he want to know at what point __PUNCT__ in my oppon view __PUNCT__ doe a babi have human right __PUNCT__ senat_obama thought about it for a moment __PUNCT__ and came back with the repli that the question wa __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ abov my pai grade __PUNCT__

here wa a candid for the presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__ ask for hi posit on on of the central moral and legal question of our time __PUNCT__ and thi wa the best he could offer __PUNCT__ it abov hi pai grade __PUNCT__

he went on to assur hi interview that there is a __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ moral and ethic element to thi issu __PUNCT__

american expect more of their leader __PUNCT__

there seem to be a pattern here in my oppon approach to mani hard issu __PUNCT__

whether it the surg in iraq that ha brought us near to victori __PUNCT__ or the issu of campaign reform __PUNCT__ or the question of offshor_drill __PUNCT__ senat_obama obama_speech can be impress __PUNCT__

but when it time for straight answer __PUNCT__ clear convict __PUNCT__ and decis action __PUNCT__ suddenli all of these respons ar __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ as he put it __PUNCT__ abov my pai grade __PUNCT__

as motto of leadership go __PUNCT__ it doesn't exactli have the ring of __PUNCT__ the buck stop here __PUNCT__

often __PUNCT__ too __PUNCT__ senat_obama carefulli hedg answer obscur more than thei explain __PUNCT__ and thi wa the case in hi convers with rick_warren __PUNCT__

listen to my oppon at saddleback __PUNCT__ you would never know that thi is a politician who long sinc left behind ani middl_ground on the abort_issu __PUNCT__

he is against parent notif law __PUNCT__ and against restrict on taxpay_fund for abort __PUNCT__

in the illinoi senat __PUNCT__ a bipartisan major pass_legisl to prevent the horrif practic of partial __PUNCT__ birth_abort __PUNCT__

senat_obama oppos that bill __PUNCT__ vote against it in committe and vote __PUNCT__ present __PUNCT__ on the senat_floor __PUNCT__

in __NUM___congress unanim pass a feder_law to requir medic_care for babi who surviv abort __PUNCT__ live __PUNCT__ breath babi whom senat_obama describ as __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ previabl __PUNCT__

thi merci law wa call the born aliv infant protect_act __PUNCT__

illinoi had a version of the same law __PUNCT__ and barack_obama vote against it __PUNCT__

at saddleback __PUNCT__ he assur a report that he have vote __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ on that bill if it had contain languag similar to the feder version of the born aliv infant protect_act __PUNCT__

even though the languag of both the state and feder bill wa ident __PUNCT__ senat_obama said peopl were __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ ly __PUNCT__ about hi record __PUNCT__

when that record wa later produc __PUNCT__ he drop the subject but didn't withdraw the slander __PUNCT__

and now even senat obama_campaign ha conced that hi claim and accus were fals __PUNCT__

for a man who talk so often about __PUNCT__ hope __PUNCT__ senat_obama doesn't offer much of it in meet thi great_challeng to the conscienc of america __PUNCT__

hi extrem advocaci in favor of partial birth_abort and hi refus to provid medic_care for babi surviv abort should be of grave concern to reason peopl of goodwil on both side of thi issu __PUNCT__

there is a grow consensu in america that we need to overcom narrow partisanship on thi issu for both women in need and the unborn __PUNCT__

we need more of the compass and moral_ideal that my oppon own parti __PUNCT__ at it best __PUNCT__ onc stood for __PUNCT__

no on is abov the law __PUNCT__ and no on is beneath it protect __PUNCT__

uphold these principl __PUNCT__ and bring american togeth on the side of life __PUNCT__ is the work of leadership __PUNCT__

and i can assur you that if i am presid __PUNCT__ advanc the caus of life will not be abov my pai grade __PUNCT__

thank for listen __PUNCT__