Rep. Bart Stupak (D, Mich.) is a religious nutjob and anti-abortion asshole. He is a former resident of the infamous "C Street House" in Washington DC. The house is owned by a secretive God Squad group known as "The Family". They've somehow managed to get this property classified as a tax-exempt "church". The place has no clergy and holds no services. It's about as much a church as my house is. In truth, it functions as a free flop-house for fundamentalist Christian Congressmen. Its residents have included serial diddlers Gov. Mark Sanford (R, SC) and Sen. John Ensign (R, Nev.), as well as Bible-quoting right wing pricks Sen. Jim DeMint (R, SC) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R, Okla.) And, of course, the aforementioned Stupak.
Stupak is of momentary interest because of his deeply "principled" position on health care reform. He's all for it, as long as not one thin dime goes toward any sort of abortion coverage. If it does, then he's suddenly against it and perfectly willing to let this side issue scuttle coverage for 30 million Americans. It's typical of the religious right to ignore the larger point in favor of some small speck of zealotry. (And isn't it typical also that the loudest, most public abortion foes are men?)
Health care reform is bigger and more important than any one person or any single medical procedure. As the legislation moves toward the endgame, we'll undoubtedly hear more from Stupak and his fellow scum-eaters from the C Street crash pad. Keep it all in perspective. Like Jim Bunning, Stupak craves his 15 minutes. He'll probably get it, but then he'll just fade back into the wallpaper. And at some point, maybe he'll get himself a decent haircut.
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