Do We Still Really Believe That Presidents Can't Do Anything About Abortion?

Piggybacking off yesterdays post about abortion and health care reform, the bi-partisan site, FactCheck.org has an interesting post that lays out the issues involved. Here is the subtitle to their post that can give you an idea about where it is headed:

Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans.

It grieves me greatly that people kept telling me before the election that presidents really can't do anything about abortion.