Thompson "pro-life"? Yeah, but . . .

Here's an interesting post from Mark Rose (Right Minded: Fred Thompson's pro-life record, and why it doesn't matter as much as we think it does"), and I think that he is right in saying that Conservatives need to "start looking for a candidate in the present who can lead a conservative movement on the national level."

That being said, I do think it is fair for Social Conservatives to want details about Thompson's stance on abortion. And a candidate's candor/forthrightness about past and current policy positions is very telling. In fact, it goes to a candidate's credibility on whether s/he will (or is able to) follow through on promises.