Swing the vote in your favor with McCaskill
2006-11-01
Source: Student Life
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rss feedThe future of reproductive rights, namely abortion and sex education, could be in the balance with this election, and McCaskill is the better candidate in this area as well. NARAL Pro-Choice America, which bills itself as the political arm of the pro-choice movement, gave Talent a rating of zero, meaning that Talent has a very pro-life voting record. While Talent has at least supported exceptions to a possible abortion ban, McCaskill has gone further in supporting reproductive rights, even if she has not gone far enough. McCaskill does support a ban on partial-birth abortions, but at least she has stated that abortion should be "safe and legal." Moreover, Talent voted against an amendment that would have allocated $100 million to try to decrease teen pregnancies through education, an allocation that could have also been paid for by closing some of the $10.8 billion in corporate tax loopholes. McCaskill has pledged to increase prevention of unwanted pregnancies as a means of reducing abortions instead of just banning them, so McCaskill would be the better bet to help the future of sex education and reproductive rights.
Finally, McCaskill has been the only candidate to admit that mistakes were made with the war in Iraq. McCaskill has averred that the war was a mistake, and that our national security is "held hostage" by our presence in Iraq. While McCaskill and Talent are in agreement that U.S. troops should not yet leave Iraq, McCaskill supports redeploying troops to better serve our long-term national security interests. Talent, on the other hand, still believes that the war in Iraq was necessary, even as Iraq descends into a civil war. Furthermore, while Talent would not be willing to spend $100 million of the budget on greater sex education, he did flippantly shrug off criticisms that the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq cost too much money, saying the $300 billion spent was only "one percent of the GDP." Talent has also equated the war in Iraq with the war in Afghanistan, which is a deceptive way to try to justify the war in Iraq. If elected to the Senate, McCaskill would be more likely to keep United States troops out of unnecessary conflicts and instead let them either come home or help protect national security abroad.
With the election coming up on Tuesday, it is important that everyone make an informed decision and votes for the candidate he or she believes is the better choice as Missouri senator. Student Life has come to the conclusion that Claire McCaskill is that choice.
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