Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Clinton and Reid co-author "common ground" abortion piece

SiLive.com: NewsFlash
"ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid have co-authored an op-ed piece about finding 'common ground' on the abortion issue.

The Democrats from New York and Nevada, respectively, are on opposite sides of the abortion issue. Clinton, the former first lady and potential 2008 presidential candidate, favors abortion rights while Reid is anti-abortion.

'As two senators on opposite sides of the abortion debate, we recognize that one side will not suddenly convince the other to drop its deeply held beliefs,' the two Democrats wrote in the piece that ran in Tuesday's Albany Times Union newspaper. 'And we believe that, while disagreeing, we can work together to find common ground"

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