<![CDATA[McCain Flips On Abortion: Won't Challenge Party On Rape, Incest Exceptions]]>

1.0 link 101115 <![CDATA[McCain Flips On Abortion: Won't Challenge Party On Rape, Incest Exceptions]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/10/mccain-flips-on-abortion_n_101115.html Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is facing enormous pressure from social conservatives to ignore his repeated commitment to change the GOP's platform on abortion.

"If he were to change the party platform [to recognize exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother], I think that would be political suicide," Tony Perkins, the president of the conservative Family Research Council, told ABC News. "I think he would be aborting his own campaign because that is such a critical issue to so...

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