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00:00:02 I STILL WANT TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT, AM STILL SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL GET A VOTE THROUGH A RULE OR ON THE FLOOR.
00:00:14 I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR HEALTHCARE, BUT I HAVE A HANG UP THE WE SHOULD NOT HAVE PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ABORTION.
00:00:25 THE PRESIDENT INDICATED THE BILL WOULD NOT HAVE IT, SO WHY ARE WE EVEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION?
00:00:33 HOST: WHAT ARE THE CALLS AND E- MAIL MESSAGES COMING INTO YOUR OFFICE SINCE THIS HAS BECOME A WELL-KNOWN POSITION?
00:00:42 GUEST: IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
00:00:45 I DID IT TOWN HALL MEETINGS LAST WEEK IN MY DISTRICT.
00:00:49 MOST PEOPLE APPLAUDED THE POSITION.
00:00:54 THERE WERE A NUMBER WHO WERE UPSET.
00:00:58 MY POSITION AS PRO-LIFE IS CONTRARY TO THAT OF MY PARTY, SAID THE ADAMANT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH ME NOW.
00:01:07 THIS FIGURE IS NOT HAPPY WITH ME.
00:01:10 BUT IT HAS BEEN THE LAW.
00:01:13 EVERYTHING THAT I LOOK AT WHEN YOU POLL PEOPLE -- THIS IS NOT TO HAVE PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ABORTION.
00:01:22 I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE BASIC PRINCIPLE IN LAW.
00:01:28 HOST: YOU CALL THIS A VOTE OF CONSCIENCE.
00:01:31 ARE YOU WILLING TO PROCEED EVEN IF IT COSTS YOU YOUR SEAT?
00:01:34 GUEST: YES, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE I AM.
00:01:39 IT REFLECTS MY DISTRICT.
00:01:41 IF IT COSTS ME MY SEAT, SO BE IT.
00:01:44 HOST: FIRST CALL, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
00:01:48 CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:01:50 I AM A CATHOLIC WHO IS A REPUBLICAN PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF LIFE ISSUES.
00:01:56 UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE FOUND THE DEMOCRATS WHO CALL THEMSELVES EITHER PRO-LIFE, OR THAT THERE WILL NOT
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