WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton seems to be hedging on her 2000 campaign vow to make support for legalized abortion a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees.
Asked yesterday if court pick John Roberts’ position on Roe vs. Wade would make or break her vote, Clinton said, “I’m going to wait to hear his answers to the Judiciary Committee . . . I want to see the facts, the evidence. I want to see more documents.”
By contrast, a number of her colleagues, including Vermont Sen. Pat Leahy, the top Democrat on the committee, have said they’ll oppose Roberts unless he promises to support Roe.