McCain to Give Speech on Judges

Today around 10 a.m., Sen. McCain is scheduled to give a speech at Wake Forest University on judges. Many reporters have received advanced copies of the speech, so here are a bunch of links where you can read their impressions:

Wall Street Journal: McCain Speech to Shed Light On Judicial Philosophy

Marc Ambinder (The Atlantic): What McCain's Speech Isn't About

USA Today: McCain criticizes Obama for vote against chief justice

The Hill: McCain courts right wing

Associated Press: McCain to give speech on judicial appointments

Jonathan Martin (Politico): McCain's message to conservatives on judges and DNC pushback  

In response to media reports on Sen. McCain's prepared remarks, Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America released the following statement:

"John McCain's voting record reads like a Who's Who List of right-wing activist judges who are hostile to the constitutional right to privacy and want to allow politicians to interfere in our most personal, private medical decisions," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "McCain's support of anti-choice judges will be one of many reasons voters, especially pro-choice Independent and Republican women, will not cast their ballots for him in the fall."

It is all too clear why McCain is speaking about judges on a day when most voters are focused on the Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana. We all know that he gets points with the right-wing organizations, but he can't afford to use this rhetoric when trying to reach the pro-choice Independent and Republican women he needs to win in the fall. Hopefully the media won't let him off the hook on this one. 

Click here to read more about McCain's anti-choice record concerning judicial nominees (scroll to the bottom of page 1).