Let’s stop talking about the abortion issue in the abstract. Let’s just do it this way:

Several abortion bills have come before U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) in the past 18 years. To discern the differences between Murray and her challenger Dino Rossi on the issue, we looked at how Murray voted on those bills and asked Rossi how he—even though he says “I’m not running on that issue”—would have voted on that issue.