DNC Day Three: The Mark of Kaine

Author: Kresta in the Afternoon Published on: July 28, 2016 Published in: Politics

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Day 3 at the Democratic National Convention was highlighted by the appearance of party heavyweights, including President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. They both defended their record of the past eight years and spoke on behalf of the party’s newly christened presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

The other big speaker for the night was, of course, was Vice Presidential nominee, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia.

Of particular significance for Catholics, two self-professed Catholic leaders, Biden and Kaine, addressed the DNC tonight. The two are not only among the most prominent Catholics in government—they are exemplars of the self-contradictory “pro-abortion Catholic” political posture.

Biden, Kaine and many other politicians from both major parties have long used a familiar formula, first coined by New York Governor Mario Cuomo: “personally opposed to abortion, but politically pro-choice.”