HOW'D THIS GUY GET A REPUTATION FOR BRAVERY?

Watching Giuliani bob and weave on the issue of abortion rights brings one word to mind ... COWARD. At the big debate in Simi Valley, when asked what he'd think about the Supreme Court's reversing of Rowe v. Wade, Giuliani equivocated: "It would be okay."

That was brave. That was definitive. That was the weakest PANDERING we've ever witnessed.

Now, according to this a.m.'s NYTimes, he's screwed up his courage to the sticking point and is prepared to NAIL abortion rights once and for all. "Giuliani To Support Abortion Rights," the headline reads.

Yeah, right. We'll believe that when it actually happens.