Grrr

So now it looks like the Democrats, rather than just telling anti-abortion people that if they want to require that insurance plans people buy using government subsidies not cover abortion they should get themselves a Congressional majority, and having compromised and compromised on the issue without the other side giving an inch, may cave in entirely. That seems to be a pattern.

Just a few notes:

1. Let the record show that our government currently subsidizes the purchase of employer-provided health insurance to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and nearly half of these plans cover abortion.

2. Democrats offered to force insurance companies to separate funding for abortion procedures so that abortion was paid for from the individual's contribution rather than the government's. Anti-abortion people said that's no good because money is fungible, and of course they are right. But money remains fungible even if direct provision of abortion coverage is denied: every dollar individuals save on insurance through the government subsidy is a dollar that is now freed up to spend on abortion.

3. How about the pro-choice people cave on this one, then use their prodigious fund-raising abilities to establish a multi-billion dollar endowment that will pay for abortions for deserving people? I'm not a fan of abortion, but I'll pony up just to stick it to the anti-choice people.