Rep. Stupak: Obamacare Will Stall if Aborton Amendment is Removed

Rep. Bart Stupak, the moderate Democrat whose amendment to Obamacare prohibits federal funding of abortion through the health care program, is not impressed by a certain White House aide:

The author of a controversial amendment restricting federal funding for abortion coverage on Tuesday predicted that health care reform legislation would stall if the White House tries to step in and strip it out.

Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., dismissed a claim by White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod that President Obama would intervene to change the language, saying Axelrod is clueless on the issue and that such an intervention would imperil the bill.

"They're not going to take it out. If they do, health care will not move forward," Stupak told Fox News. "We won fair and square. ... That's why Mr. Axelrod's not a legislator. He doesn't really know what he's talking about."

They're going to take it out. Where it goes from there is anybody's guess, but they're going to take it out.