Overshooting the target
Union soldiers during the Civil War knew at certain times they needn't duck so hastily when the sound of Confederate artillery approached. Many of the South's gunners had a bad habit of overshooting their targets, and the failure allowed many Union units to escape much more serious casualties before a Confederate assault than they otherwise would have. Many historians credit this particular trait with saving the Union at Gettysburg, so ineffective was the long barrage before Pickett's Charge. For the South, it was a wasted opportunity from which they never recovered.
Next year, we might say the same of Fred Thompson's opponents and a new video that surfaced today on YouTube. The video, which appears to be a crude attempt to discredit the former senator using old video we've seen before, alleges that Fred Thompson isn't really pro-life, and closes with the statistic that Fred only voted pro-life 33% of the time in the 107th Congress.
A quick look at the NRLC website for those sessions tells the truth: Fred voted pro-life once, but against the NRLC position on legislation twice. We're talking about three votes here - one on abortion, and two on campaign finance, which the NRLC opposed. In Fred's other six years of service, he also voted for the pro-life position 100% of the time.
I guess some politicians are just scared of someone who walks the walk.
