Frankly I have never been a Kucinich fan. Here Kos explains better than I ever could why Kucinich is not a good choice. Many of the things he writes about I knew- this shocked me, Kos quotes a 2002 Nation article about how anti-choice Kuchinich used to be:
In his two terms in Congress, he has quietly amassed an anti-choice voting record of Henry Hyde-like proportions. He supported Bush's reinstatement of the gag rule for recipients of US family planning funds abroad. He supported the Child Custody Protection Act, which prohibits anyone but a parent from taking a teenage girl across state lines for an abortion. He voted for the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which makes it a crime, distinct from assault on a pregnant woman, to cause the injury or death of a fetus. He voted against funding research on RU-486. He voted for a ban on dilation and extraction (so-called partial-birth) abortions without a maternal health exception. He even voted against contraception coverage in health insurance plans for federal workers--a huge work force of some 2.6 million people (and yes, for many of them, Viagra is covered).No Thanks. Kos explained that he "suddenly" changed his mind right before declaring his candidacy for the 2004 race.
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