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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 366560" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p><strong> McCain Squirms on Birth Control Question</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <em><strong>Elizabeth Holmes</strong> reports from Portsmouth, Ohio on the presidential race.</em></p><p> While <strong>John McCain </strong>often embodies an anything-goes attitude when talking to reporters, it doesn’t mean some subjects can’t make him sweat—say, birth control.</p><p> A female Los Angeles Times reporter inquired today about comments made earlier this week by McCain campaign adviser <strong>Carly Fiorina</strong>, the former head of Hewlett Packard. </p><p> At a<span style="color: Blue"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702265.html?hpid=news-col-blog" target="_blank"> <strong>breakfast with reporters</strong></a></span>, Fiorina suggested that individuals–and women in particular–be given more flexibility to determine what their health insurance plans should cover. “There are many health insurance plans that will cover <a href="http://www.viagra.com/content/index.jsp?setShowOn=../content/index.jsp&setShowHighlightOn=../content/index.jsp" target="_blank"><strong>Viagra </strong></a>but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like a choice,” she observed. </p><p> When McCain was asked for his position on the issue, he said—with a nervous laugh–“I certainly do not want to discuss that issue.”</p><p> The reporter pressed. “But apparently you’ve voted against—“</p><p> “I don’t know what I voted,” McCain said.</p><p> The reporter explained that McCain<span style="color: Blue"> <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00045#position" target="_blank"><strong>voted against a bill </strong></a></span>in 2003 that would have required health insurance companies to cover prescription birth control. “Is that still your position?” she persisted.</p><p> During the awkward exchange, with several lengthy pauses, McCain said he had no immediate knowledge of the vote. “I’ve cast thousands of votes in the Senate,” McCain said, then continued: “I will respond to—it’s a, it’s a…” </p><p> “Delicate issue,” the reporter offered, to a relieved laugh from McCain. </p><p> “I don’t usually duck an issue, but I’m—I’ll try to get back to you,” he explained. </p><p> After a pause, another reporter posed a question closer to McCain’s comfort zone: “Can I ask you about Russia?”</p></blockquote><p></p>
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