Is McCain pro-life?

Now that Sen. John McCain appears to be this year’s presumptive Republican presidential nominee, one developing storyline is whether he’ll have the support of the pro-life movement this fall. A glimpse into that debate can be found in the pages of the National Catholic Register. A column last week headlined “McCain Sits Down for Life,” which took the senator to task for being “weak” on the issue, led to a strong defense of his record this week by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., whose own race for the White House last fall had been endorsed by numerous pro-life leaders.