Pro-Choice Fred Thompson

Andrew Sullivan directs me to Fred Thompson's pro-choice past. Of course, such flip-flops are hardly unheard of in either party or in either direction. See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/pro-choice-fred-thompson/40705/ Still, this one's odd. Oftentimes, you'll see a politician (Mitt Romney, Al Gore) start out in line with local sentiment and then change his position to line up with the national party's position. Thompson, however, was running as a Republican in Tennessee, where I have a hard time believing he needed to be pro-choice in order to stay politically viable.

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