Mirror of Justice

I agree with Amy that merely labeling something as an intrinsic evil is not helpful in terms of casting votes, precisely becuase it ignores the question of effectiveness of course of action. Labeling something intrinsically evil does not mean there are not prudential judgments involved in determining how to eradicate that evil. That a candidate agrees with me that abortion is immoral does not mean I agree with the candidate about how to address that immorality.
Still, that does not make the distinction irrelevent for voting purposes in that it at least helps establish a hierarchy of issues on which one will evaluate a candidate (which evaluation will include the candidate's means of addressing the intrincis evil) and has something to say about the strength with which one insists that the moral value be addressed in public policy debates.