DNC research memo on McCain: Women surprised McCain is anti-choice

At the end of March, the Democratic National Committee put out a memo on focus group research they conducted on John McCain. Well wouldn't you know it - the DNC focus groups confirmed what we've known for some time: women panelists reacted "surprisingly strongly" to the fact that McCain is anti-choice! It's great to know that other non-choice affiliated groups are focusing on what we think is McCain's biggest weakness among women voters. Here's the excerpt from the memo:

Women panelists in the focus groups reacted surprisingly strongly to the fact that Senator McCain opposes requirements for health plans to provide contraceptive coverage and favors abstinence-only sex education. Even among women who described themselves as pro-life, those aspects of Senator McCain's record cast him as someone who is "unrealistic," "out of touch," and "stuck in the past." Many of the women in the groups were resentful when they learned that Senator McCain favors overturning Roe vs. Wade, and were disappointed because they expected him to be more moderate on this issue.

With such a solid anti-choice voting history on choice-related issues, it's even more startling to read that even women who described themselves as pro-life were shocked by his "unrealistic" and "out of touch" support for unrealistic and unproven "abstinence-only" sex education.

This is just one of the reasons why NARAL Pro-Choice America is targeting pro-choice Independent and Republican women in the 2008 elections: We know that once they get the information they need, they will vote against McCain and for a pro-choice candidate.

Listen as one woman tells her story (or watch it below) about why McCain's opposition to a woman's right to choose influenced her vote, and be sure to checkout www.MeetTheRealMcCain.com for more information.