After everything we discussed last night, some good news

The effort to defund Planned Parenthood is faltering according to National Partnership for Women & Families. Even some conservatives are starting to recognize that cutting family planning, cancer screening, and HIV prevention services to poor women is a bad idea. For instance:

Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to former presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), wrote in a Daily Beast column that the proposal to cut funding for Planned Parenthood is "shortsighted political posturing," adding, "It's overreaching, and it's why Republicans get a bad name with many independent voters and women. ... Republicans would be well advised to keep their focus on real economic issues that have impact, like entitlement reform."

Entitlement "reform" is just one more trick to take funding away from important programs like Social Security. But if some conservatives are getting a clue that cutting services for poor women is a bad idea, that is a good thing.