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...because I'm in between things, on my way out the door to a concert.

Brad: I want to be clear that I hadn't -- thus far, at least -- raised the issue of privacy as far as abortion is concerned. I don't think that everybody who is anti-abortion is anti-birth control, and if it seemed that I was lumping in everybody together, then I hope you'll take this statement as clarification.

And it may be that we're trying to take on too many topics for this one poor blog entry to bear. But let me go back to the beginning.

* I think there is a right to privacy.
* I think one's decision to use birth control would be covered under that right.
* I think there's reason to believe that Sam Brownback would help appoint judges who think otherwise.
* And all of that is a reason not to want John McCain, who says Sam Brownback would help him pick judges, as president.

I don't think the "not privacy" arguments you make against abortion are applicable to the birth control issue. But I think it is possible that the right to birth control might actually be at stake. And that, more than abortion, is what I'm trying to explore here.

Don't worry: I know that we'll definitely get into the issue of abortion. But like you, I think this is a somewhat separate topic.