It is funny to witness how so many people assessing the same set of characters and facts can reach such extraordinarily different conclusions The question in attentive Catholic circles was the same however Did he cave The quot he quot in question is pro-life Congressman Bart Stupak who refus

NBC News is reporting that Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak the leader of twelve pro-life Democrats who have refused to support the final health care bill until their concerns were met has decided to vote yes on the health care bill Stupak was in negotiations with the White House and Health

Congressman Bart Stupak is holding a news conference as I write with his fellow pro-life Democrats They announced an agreement with the White House for an executive order that confirms a pro-life interpretation of any ambiguous aspects of the current health care bill Some on the Left charged that

I do not like the writings of the Anchoress Elizabeth Scalia over at her First Things blog I know that blogging invites hyper-ventilation in part because of some of the ridiculous things one reads on other blogs but hyper-ventilation is Scalia rsquo s only note It is as if all Bach rsquo s cho

Many commentators have denounced the process by which the health care reform has made its way through Congress There was the quot Cornhusker kickback quot which exempted the state of Nebraska from paying its share of Medicaid and other back room deals that are not uncommon in the legislative pro

I wrote earlier about the need to avoid recriminations in the current health care debate as it enters its final days Bishop Robert Lynch of St Petersburg Florida has given an exquisite and timely example of the kind of thoughtful commentary that I believe we need in these last days His stateme

I will be a guest on the NPR show Tell Me More with Michel Martin today to discuss Catholics and nbsp the health care debate Check your local listings or go to the website www npr org and click on programs then click on Tell Me More for an audio-recording Michael Sean Winters nbsp

No one knows the outcome of the health care vote ndash or even when the vote will happen ndash but already there is an air of recrimination in the air The stakes are high People know that this upcoming vote is not only important it is historic The sinful itch and it is a sin to begin looki

On Monday I made the argument that the differences between the House Stupak bill and the final Senate bill were so small as they relate to abortion that those differences should not be the ground for opposing the final Senate bill I directed my criticism at the USCCB and specifically at their p

Cardinal Francis George President of the Bishops rsquo Conference is to be commended for the statement he issued last night opposing the final health care reform bill I do not agree with the policy conclusion reached by the USCCB as I mentioned yesterday Still unlike some of the previous stat