Anti-Anti-Abortion

On the one hand, this anti-Catholic argument has been a bit heavy-handed (clearly the Democrats are not anti-Catholic, per se); on the other, I think that there is some merit to it in the sense that clearly the most significant issue for Pryor and all the nominees being filibustered (or are under threat thereof) is that of abortion. As such, any Catholic who fully subscribes to the Church's position on abortion "need not apply."

However on a purely political level the situation is fairly amusing insofar as this is a "how do you like it?" kind of scenario, as normally the Reps are the ones being accused of being "anti" (i.e., anti-gay, anti-elderly, racist, etc.).

And, interesting:

Behind the anger of many Democrats is the suspicion that this advertising campaign is part of the Republican Party's courtship of Catholics, an important swing vote. In general, Andy Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, said Mr. Bush was "doing pretty well with white Catholics" lately.

Source: Accusation of Bias Angers Democrats