And this was after those squirrelly "present" votes they object to. Seems Planned Parenthood of Chicago and Obama devised a strategy way back when whereby he would vote "present" on anti-choice bills in order to encourage other senators who might cave and vote "yes" to do the same. Lynn Harris at Salon has the skinny.
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