“I was proud to get Planned Parenthood’s endorsement [July 9], but I have to say that when you look who’s got a 100 percent rating from Planned Parenthood, and you’ve got another candidate [McCain] with a zero percent rating from Planned Parenthood, then it’s not really a nail-biter [in deciding whom to support],” he said to laughter..

I’ve made it equally clear that I will never back down from making sure that women have their reproductive rights here in this country. That’s what’s at stake in this election,” he added to a standing ovation.

McCain

Earlier in the week McCain criticized Obama on abortion while appearing at a town hall meeting in Ohio near the West Virginia and Kentucky border. Answering a question about divorce rates, McCain said one way to improve the state of the American family would be to “respect human life, both born and unborn,” Politico.com reported. The comment led to loud applause and to a standing ovation from many in the audience, the website reported.”

“Sen. Obama voted against, as a member of the Illinois state legislature, a ban on partial-birth abortion,” McCain said, calling the procedure “one of the most odious things I’ve ever heard of.