1.   By now we know the Republican platform means nothing.

2.   Dole and Kemp both oppose abortion, and the new Republican platform retains a strong anti-abortion plank.

3.   Robert Dornan and Patrick Buchanan -- to pledge to continue to include in the Republican platform a constitutional ban on abortions.

4.   The Kansas senator indicated a willingness to make minor changes in the anti-abortion plank in the Republican platform.

5.   Another important development prior to the opening of the Republican convention was the finalization of party policy by the Republican platform committee.

6.   Although the Republican platform continues to support a constitutional amendment to end abortion, Bush, if elected, is expected to do little to achieve that objective.

7.   And Dole won a majority of Florida voters who said the Republican platform should include a plank supporting a constitutional amendment that would prohibit abortion.

8.   And he is speaking out against some of the planks of the Republican platform.

9.   And they wanted the Republican platform to include a plank supporting a constitutional prohibition on abortion.