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ieoeja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 10:39 AM
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80. NARAL of Illinois already *did* justify the "present" votes.

According to Planned Parenthood Obama was originally going to vote "no" until he spoke with them. They asked him to vote "present" instead. Because in the Illinois state legislature...

"Yes" means I want this bill to pass.

"No" means I want this bill not to pass.

"Present" means not only do I want this bill defeated, but it is such a horrible bill I won't even acknowledge it by voting "no".


Source: http://ppaurora.blogspot.com/2008/02/setting-record-straight-illinois-nows.html
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