My actual point was that the left is uncompromising <i>as well</i>. There are certainly absolutists on the right.<p>The fact that you brought up a foam-at-the-mouth comment from a disgraced former politician seems like a point for the there&#x27;s-too-much-partisanship-on-the-left-too column.<p>There is actually common ground on the abortion issue, perhaps counter-intuitively. There is overwhelming support for reducing abortion rates, for example. The American people would absolutely be OK with a compromise that includes education, increased access to birth control, <i>and</i> bans on abortions after, say, 8 months of gestation.