Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a Kentucky TV station that there would be no effort to defund Planned Parenthood this year.  McConnell claims the votes simply aren't there and that it would be counterproductive to try and attach a defunding amendment to the spending bill that must be passed by September 30 to avoid a government shiutdown. It's McConnell's most definitive statement yet on his plans regarding the defunding of Planned Parenthood and it is likely to start a war with conservatives in the House and Senate. Washington Examiner: Speaking to WYMT Television in his home state of Kentucky, McConnell said the pending "battle" over government funding would not include a provision to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood. The organization has been under fire in recent weeks after undercover videos showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal body parts. Abortion watchdog group Center for Medical...(Read Full Post)