McCain and Abortion

I've heard a very disturbing political advertisement (approved by Obama) on the radio several times over the last few days. In it, a female health professional states that "as president, John McCain will make abortion illegal" and "We can't let John McCain take away our right to choose."

This is just patently wrong. The president of the United States cannot make law or amend the constitution. As a matter of fact, he has nothing to do with the amendment process, it is purely up to Congress and the states. About all he can do is nominate conservative judges to the Supreme Court, and even that must be approved by the Senate.

If John McCain is elected president, he cannot overturn Roe v. Wade, he cannot amend the constitution, and he cannot take away a woman's right to an abortion. The Obama campaign is blatantly lying in this ad, and is using nothing short of pure scare tactics to frighten poorly educated women into voting for Obama.

That's really sad. And dishonest. And despicable.