101.   He also supports gay rights, abortion rights, environmental protection, student loans, grants for university research and development, and tax credits for low-income wage earners.

102.   He believes banning flag burning would infringe on the right to free speech and supports the right to late-term abortions in some circumstances.

103.   He noted that Weld himself has tried but failed to get Republicans to support gay rights.

104.   He refused even to comment on the observation by many Republicans that the party would not nominate a candidate who supports abortion rights for national office.

105.   He denies that he incited violence and says he supports the right of Palestinians to struggle against Israeli occupation.

106.   He pushed for gun control in the Illinois Legislature three decades ago and, as a federal judge, supported the rights of homosexuals to serve in the military.

107.   He said he supports the right of people dependent on machines for life to terminate that support, but physician-assisted suicide is a different matter.

108.   He has also suggested that he supports abortion rights.

109.   He has threatened a walkout if Dole chooses a running mate who supports abortion rights such as New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman or retired Gen. Colin Powell.

110.   He is a moderate Republican who supports abortion rights in a state where conservative, anti-abortion Republicans rule the roost.