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By the time we finally reach the day when a bitterly divided Democratic Party has to choose a presidential nominee, I strongly suspect that more than a few voters will be telling themselves that on abortion pro-abortion Sen. Barack Obama is "better" than pro-abortion Hillary Clinton. How can that be, you might ask, when both sing full-throatedly from the same pro-abortion songbook?

Well, it's certainly not that the junior senator from Illinois has a voting record on abortion less uniformly pro-abortion than the junior senator from New York. Take a minute and go to NARAL's webpage (www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/statements/obama.html).

There you find a thumbs up to Obama for his 100% pro-abortion record for 2005–07. Not a single deviation, no sir.

NARAL includes several of Obama's full-bore expressions of enthusiastic support for abortion in general, Roe v. Wade in particular, and staunch opposition to the Supreme Court for upholding a ban on partial-birth abortion. For those who don't remember, they are called "partial-birth" abortions because this "procedure" crushes skulls and vacuums out brains of children inches away from full delivery.

And at the top of its web page is Obama's statement to NARAL:

"A woman's ability to decide how many children to have and when, without interference from the government, is one of the most fundamental rights we possess. It is not just an issue of choice, but equality and opportunity for all women.

"I have consistently advocated for reproductive choice and will make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President. I oppose any constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's ruling in this case."

And that's not all. Obama has also pledged to "continue to defend this right by passing the Freedom of Choice Act as president." FOCA is Roe v. Wade on steroids.

This proposed federal law would nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion. "In the interests of truth in advertising, the bill should be renamed the 'Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act,'" observed NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.

So, what is it about the silky-smooth Obama that might lull someone into thinking that this abortion absolutist might be the least bad of the two, and, indeed, might have some redeeming qualities on abortion?

Let me illustrate with a case in point. Earlier this week, a prominent blogger, thoroughly in the tank for Obama, posted the comments of a reader who plaintively asked, "How can Obama be somebody who 'brings people together' when [as a state senator] he blocked the Illinois BAIPA from even reaching the floor of the state senate [when it finally did reach the floor he voted against it twice]?"

For those unfamiliar with the legislation, the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act was very similar to the federal Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which President Bush signed into law in 2002.

In response the blogger wrote, "I find Obama's absolutist position on abortion out of sync with his usual temperateness."

That's good, right? New information comes in that challenges Obama's carefully cultivated let's-all-come-together image and, as a result, even someone who lavishes praise on him night and day is concerned.

Except that another reader then sends the blogger a speech the blogger said he "had forgotten": Obama's famous "Call to Renewal" Keynote Address from June 28, 2006, where Obama talks about the "connection between religion and politics."

The blogger then reprints the section where Obama talks about abortion and, once again, all is right with the universe.

On Monday I'll talk about Obama's handling of abortion in that speech and in the chapter from his book "The Audacity of Hope" where he expands on his thinking. Obama is wrong on virtually every count--insultingly so, in some instances. But, give the man his due, Obama's language is invitational: brothers and sisters, let me help you rethink every pro-life scruple you've ever had.

If you listened to the music and not the lyrics, you'd be on your feet inviting Obama to become a member of the pro-life choir. That, of course, is why he is so dangerous.

Were he President, Obama would follow the same rhetorical path--come, let us reason together--at the same time he followed the pro-abortion playbook down to the last jot and tittle. But if you focused only on his assurances and not on his actions, you'd likely come away marveling how he had "brought us all together."

A discussion of all this and more on Monday.