Reply #44: Frist claims to condemn the Repug talking points memo [View All]

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....But the case also has broader implications for long-running debates about euthanasia and abortion, with Republicans characterizing their support for her case as a ''right-to-life" issue. A one-page, unsigned memo circulated among Senate Republicans over the weekend characterized it as a ''a great political issue" that has the potential to energize the party's ''pro-life base."

Publicly, Republicans sought to distance themselves from such sentiments yesterday, saying they were acting only to help a defenseless woman.

''I have never seen the memo, I did not authorize the memo, and I condemn the content of the memo," said Senate majority leader Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee. ''The interest in this case by myself -- and the many members of the Senate on both sides of the aisle -- is to assure that Mrs. Schiavo has another chance at life."...