URGENT AGENDA: 7.05.08: FLIPPING AND FLOPPING

Is there any end to the flip-flopping by Senator Obama? Lost in the holiday celebrations was his latest, a change in his position on abortion that is likely to get him in hot water with NARAL and its allies: WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a health exception for late term-abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights. In an interview this week with "Relevant," a Christian magazine, Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother." Obama then added: "Now, I don't think that 'mental distress' qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises