“That’s above my pay grade,” said the former senator.
It was 2008. The subject was abortion. Presidential candidate Barack Obama had been asked, “At what point does a baby get human rights?”
At bare minimum, his response indicated an aversion to being
pinned down on the subject and a desire to avoid conflict over the issue as he
campaigned to be president of the United States of America. There were “larger issues” at stake, he
undoubtedly thought. He was prepared to let evil slide for the sake of what he
perceived to be the “greater good”, which presumably included his assumption of the presidency.