I listened in to Ed Morrissey’s latest edition of CQ Radio on BlogTalkRadio.com tonight as he talked with Debra Burlingame of 9/11 Families for America. They had a very interesting discussion on the John Doe controversy in the Flying Imams case.

Later in the broadcast Ed talked about the recent Rudy Giuliani interview where he stated that there should be federal funds made available for abortions. The focus of that segment was more on the impact to Giuliani’s presidential campaign than on the statements themselves.

Never one to keep my mouth shut (I have dozens of witnesses who will verify that) I called in and had a brief exchange with Ed about the possible consequences. In my opinion this has opened the field on the Republican side. While many conservatives were willing to at least consider supporting the former NYC Mayor, I think that many were only doing so under the “half a loaf is better than none” clause of party politics. However, I think that this stand will send many social conservatives looking for another choice.

In the last minutes of the show Ed asked who I thought benefited the most from this. My answer is that I see this helping the second tier candidates the most.

You’ll be able to listen to the entire hour very shortly. If possible I’ll embed the broadcast here when it becomes available.

UPDATE: If my new plugin works the file should appear below:

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