. . . . . . . "In Congress Ford was one of 81 Democrats to vote for the Iraq war [1]. Ford considers himself pro-life although he supports abortion in some circumstances. When running for Senate Ford claimed he had an 87 percent pro life voting record. Ford opposed a filibuster on Samuel Alto, saying that Democrats who supported it were fringe liberals and were out of touch with mainstream moderate to conservative middle Americans [2]. Ford supported the defence against marriage act and opposes gay marriage. However, he supports affordable health care insurance, saying: \"To start, we need to provide affordiable health care and universal college and lifelong education.\" [3] Ford supports fiscally conservative politics part of the time and is a member of the Blue Dog Democrats. He also supported the Bush tax cuts, and he opposes progressive taxation and supports a balanced budget. He opposes the death penalty and has an anti death penalty voting record. He supports Bill Clinton\u2019s centrist politics which are centre right- or moderate right-wing by European standards."@en . . . "Harold Ford"@en . . . "In Congress Ford was one of 81 Democrats to vote for the Iraq war [1]. Ford considers himself pro-life although he supports abortion in some circumstances. When running for Senate Ford claimed he had an 87 percent pro life voting record. Ford opposed a filibuster on Samuel Alto, saying that Democrats who supported it were fringe liberals and were out of touch with mainstream moderate to conservative middle Americans [2]. Ford supported the defence against marriage act and opposes gay marriage. However, he supports affordable health care insurance, saying: \"To start, we need to provide affordiable health care and universal college and lifelong education.\" [3] Ford supports fiscally conservative politics part of the time and is a member of the Blue Dog Democrats. He also supported the Bush t"@en . .