I'm not quite with former President George W. Bush on the topic of his speech in Indianapolis Thursday:
Bush's Thursday night speech at Conseco Fieldhouse will be hosted by Life Centers, a nonprofit Christian ministry that helps women in unplanned pregnancies.
Life Centers' president and CEO Brian Boone says Bush's speech "will demonstrate his belief that every life counts."
I can see the benefit of such a statement in support of the pro-life cause, but it's too sweeping. Maybe what he really means is "every life matters," or "every chance at life counts," either of which is closer to the truth. He's also the president who came up with "no child left behind," however, so maybe he really is that egalitarian. Conservatives know every life doesn't count equally; otherwise, there'd be no point in praising people who succeed by making the right choices and criticizing those who never learn to make the right choices. "Compassionate conservatism" is a guilt trip, not a coherent philosophy.
