The notion that the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision has something to do with, of all things, inflation at first blush seems preposterous. And yet, the motive of the mystery figure responsible for the worst information breach within the halls of the Marble Palace at 1 First Street Northeast in history clearly was to substitute the most highly charged issue imaginable for consumers’ kitchen-table concerns.
No one was talking about the price of a loaf of bread or taxes the day after the 9/11 terrorist attack, and the obvious aim of this attack on the high court from within is that, come the November congressional elections, the suburban female swing vote’s anger at Republicans with regard to abortion will exceed their anger at Democrats for making it so much harder to make ends meet.
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