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Obama ad slams McCain on abortion rights:

ST. PAUL, Minn. � Barack Obama has launched a broadside against John McCain�s opposition to abortion rights and moved one of the most divisive issues in modern American politics to the airwaves on a large scale for the first time in this presidential campaign.

Obama�s new radio ad, airing widely in at least seven swing states, tells voters McCain �will make abortion illegal.� It�s airing as McCain courts female voters with the addition of the staunchly anti-abortion governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, to his ticket.

Democrats had, until now, sought to appeal to women primarily on economic issues such as health care and workplace discrimination; abortion rights were hardly mentioned at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last week.

I found this through Digby, who says:

This is it. The Obama campaign is going on the offensive with a flat out liberal appeal on a culture war issue. No more mushy post partisan nonsense.

I found Digby’s comment through Jane Hamsher, who says:

Say what you will, the angry broads who refused to vote for anyone until they were appeased managed to do what the blogosphere couldn’t — they brought their issues front and center in this campaign, and to the victor go the spoils. Those who signed themselves over early can look forward to being Sistah Souljah’d as the campaign goes forward, but with the female vote in play the Republicans coughed up Palin as a VP candidate and the Obama campaign is now taking a stronger pro-choice stance in swing states than we’ve ever heard a Democratic presidential candidate dare before.

Which gets to my issue—you should get something for your vote.

All this via Avedon, plus the bra of the week.

And by the way, I thought Obama did okay on the O’Reilly Factor, considering that O’Reilly won’t take any answer but the one he gives to his own questions. Video here.

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