Liberal Maternal Health Motion Defeated by Liberals

You have to love it when the Liberals try to force the Government to fund foreign abortions (under the guise of maternal health), only to have their motion defeated by Liberal MPs abstaining from the vote! Thus far the only Liberals Rosemary Barton has confirmed that skipped the vote are Paul Szabo (who is vulnerable to the Tory candidate in his riding), Dan McTeague, and John McKay. Although the legislation would not have been legally binding, at least now the Government doesn't need to "symbolically" introduce the idea of funding foreign abortions at the G8.

The Liberals attempted to drive a wedge into the Conservative Party, and not only did they fail to divide Tories, they succeeded in dividing themselves! How awesome is that? As Kory Teneycke just said, "they had the numbers to win and didn't win". Might I say by the way that if Mr. Teneycke, former Stephen Harper communications director and newest panelist on the Soloman Show has a fan club, I would consider joining it. He almost makes the Soloman Show worth watching. In fact, Kory should be the host of Power and Politics, because Evan hosting a show by such a name is a flagrant oxymoron.

The question now is will the Liberals keep pushing this? Just yesterday Scott Reid was on the Soloman Show saying it is brilliant strategy and they should do it indefinitely until the Tories split into two parties leading to another decade of unopposed Liberal rule. You may remember Scott from such strategy recommendations as Stephen Harper "kill him kill him dead!" I guess Scott never considered the possibility that it might divide his own party more than it divides the Tories. Sometimes Scotty can tell you what is really behind Liberal "policy", like how you need national daycare because otherwise parents will spend their babysitting money on beer and popcorn. Everybody knows this motion was about politics, and Scott admitted as much.