Building a "Culture of Life" from the left and the right

President Bush has long used the Pope's phrase "culture of life" for talking about aspects of his agenda and his vision for America.  In an article appearing today on Fox News' website, President Clinton was quoted as saying:  "I think the current divisions are partly the fault of the people in my party for not engaging the Christian evangelical community in a serious discussion of what it would take to promote a real culture of life."  And, in her November 7 column, Boston Globe columnist, Ellen Goodman, bemoaned the fact that "[t]he environment never made it onto the screen as central to the progressive 'culture of life.'"

Will we see both the left and the right attempting to appropriate the Pope's "culture of life" language for narrow partisan advantage?  Or, is there a real opportunity for dialogue over what it means to build a "culture of life"?