[Senator Clay Davis]

You can count me among those who can't understand why, particularly with a non-binding motion, the Wildrose didn't take a free chance to look more moderate. Instead they decided to reinforce what the 55-60% of the population who will likely never vote for them already believes. If the political answer is "don't offend the base", I always find that argument incredibly bizarre for a right wing party. The Wildrose base is voting for the Wildrose no matter what. There is absolutely no scenario where they won't (well there is...a more right wing party comes along). If the Wildrose supported this, their base isn't voting PC or Liberal all of a sudden. They need more moderate votes. So given the chance to possibly make it seem like they aren't social regressive, they pass on that chance the appease the base. I really don't get it.