Chuck Schumer Botches a Vote on Abortion

If Democrats are to make abortion a major issue in the midterm elections, they’ll need to make it rise above the issues Republicans would prefer to talk about, like inflation and immigration.

But in holding a show vote in the Senate yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) botched it badly. He couldn’t even get a majority — let alone the 60 votes needed to proceed under Senate rules.