++>> My co-worker, an undecided voter, was visibly disturbed by the glaring inaccuracy facing him. Document one detailed the 2003 federal law banning Partial Birth Abortion (PBA). Document two contained John Kerry's remarks from the second Presidential debate where he defended his vote against the ban.

PBA is an unbelieveably gruesome procedure, one that makes people who hear a straightforward (description) of it recoil. It's a procedure that in 1997 the American Medical Association declared is "not medically indicated."

In the second debate Kerry defended his no vote by saying, "... you've got to have an exception for the life of the mother and the health of the mother ...."

While it's true that the PBA ban includes no exception for the health of the mother (which, by the way, would create a loophole big enough to navigate an aircraft carrier through), the law clearly provides an exception for the life of the mother.

Kerry's statement is a verbal sleight of hand. By including "life of the mother" language, Kerry gains more support for his position. Pairing this language with "health of the mother" language provides Kerry a degree of cover in case anyone challenges his "facts."

But my co-worker wasn't buying it. Kerry's misuse of the "life of the mother" language had seized my colleague's attention.

Kerry's sleight of hand reveals why Kennedy is the straight-talking Senator from Massachusetts. It's also one more reason why Kerry is unfit for duty.

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