By Dave Andrusko

Part Two catches you up on the latest less-than-honest explanation of pro-abortion President Obama's position on abortion in any health care "reform." Please send comments on either Part One or Part Two to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you'd like, follow me on www.twitter.com/daveha.

Denyce Graves

The Washington Post ran a charming piece today titled, "Third Wedding's a Charm for Denyce Graves." If you are a meat-and-potatoes sort of guy, like me, you wouldn't have known that Ms. Graves is "one of the most celebrated mezzo-sopranos of her day."

My trusty associate brought the story to my attention, not to elevate my cultural literacy, but to let me know there was a "rest of the story." In this case it was how Ms. Graves "became a single mother to a daughter named Ella Thomas, ferrying the infant to concert halls around the world." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302877.html]

I would encourage you to read the story, so I will only briefly discuss reporter Ellen McCarthy's fine report. At a very, very low ebb in her life, Graves discovered "she was with child." At age 39 she "knew" she couldn't be pregnant for a variety of medical reasons, "but she was pregnant," writes McCarthy.

"The doctors urged her to abort, she says, because she wouldn't be able to carry to term," according to McCarthy. "Then, Graves says, she was told the child had Down syndrome.

"But in 2004 she delivered a healthy baby girl – 'and she's perfect.'"

When I began the story I vaguely recognized Graves's name. We learn from McCarthy that "Almost eight years to the day after she sang 'The Lord's Prayer' at the 9/11 memorial service, Graves entered Washington National Cathedral again, this time in a long white dress."

If you have five minutes, dial it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnsO3BBMjA0&feature=PlayList&p=376ACD1F3E8BB9EA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22 . Her performance will send chills up and down your spine and tears to your eyes.

Part Two