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How about the science of life?

November 28, 2012 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 28, 2012 4:25 pm

By Ed Reynolds Ledyard

Well, well, Marco Rubio fails science for paying some respect to a sliver of his base regarding the age of our planet. (Frank Cerabino commentary, "Rubio seems confused by science and religion," Nov. 24) But we have a president who apparently feels it's OK to abort almost ready-to-deliver fetuses because assessing their humanity is "above his pay grade."

Let's begin the "Great Compromise" by sending both guys to remedial science. The ethics and morality of their positions are another matter, for someone from a much higher pay grade.

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