Abortion Debate: More Than Meets the Eye?

The editorial of today's soon to be mogulised Sun Herald, (no link) suggested that the real motivation for the abortion debate kicked off by Tony Abbott may be to ease the sale of Telstra.

Queensland senator-elect Barnaby Joyce has hinted at trading his vote on the final sell off of Telstra to the restriction of Medicare-funded abortions.

A reminder; Joyce was the Queensland National Party senate candidate whose election gave control of the Senate to the government.

I don't believe the Telstra sale would be Tony Abbott's motivation; he is a serious Catholic and is in communication with Cardinal George Pell's on various issues, as shown when he was caught out on Lateline during the election campaign.

But I wouldn't put it past others in the government to try this on. Let's hope there are some Senators who don't confuse a moral issue with an economic one.