Pro-fetus versus pro-family

Howard Dean's support of pro-life candidates is disheartening. I really thought he would be able to build a new Democratic party that reflected the values of American liberals but instead he already seems to have capitulated to the Republicans. Rather than spending the next 2 years discussing US problems we can suffer the stupidity of 2 candidates claiming that they both value life equally. The supreme court ruled on abortion, why don't we address issues that affect people who have already been born? I'd like to discuss healthcare and jobs. If Dean doesn't pound this message home from the outset we are going to end up in another values war that Democrats can't win. Remove abortion and gay marriage from the agenda and get on with explaining why we are headed for an economic meltdown.