Is a Catholic-Democrat Alliance Growing?

Catholic bishops and Democrats forming an alliance? It would be a smart move on the democrats’ part. As many of you know the Catholic church’s vote is split because of the abortion issue, half Dem half Rep. Bishops have the power to sway the way most Catholics vote-either for or against the push for healthcare reform. So why not get the support of over 67,515,016 Catholics in the United States? Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic and an abortion rights supporter, had been on the phone with Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Washington's former archbishop. They hope the measure will bar the new government-run plan from covering abortions, except in cases or rape, incest or situations that put the mother at risk. It would also prohibit any health plan that receives federal subsidies in a new insurance marketplace from offering abortion coverage