As Josh Marshall has pointed out on many occasions, Representative Heather Wilson (R-NM) has a longstanding tradition of choosing her words very artfully that leaves the impression that she is against the privatization of social security, when, in fact, she has not, to my knowledge, ever spelled out her position on diverting payroll taxes into private accounts for individuals (for more on Wilson's repeated flim-flams, you can search for "Heather Wilson" in the archives of www.talkingpointsmemo.com, where her historical difficulties in spelling out exactly where she stands on Bush-style privatization are well documented).  Wilson's chief rhetorical dodge is to state that she is opposed to government investing social security funds in the stock market, which, of course, is different from individuals investing their social security funds in the stock market (which they would do if they had Bush-style private accounts).  Today, Laura Meckler, an AP reporter, makes the mistake of conflating Heather Wilson's stated opposition to the government investing social security funds in the stock market with objection/opposition to the Bush plan for private accounts.  The relevant excerpt of Meckler's story:
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Congressional Democrats are virtually unanimous in their opposition to Bush's plans, arguing the president wants to inject market risk into a program that has lifted millions of seniors out of poverty. Some Republicans are skittish about tackling the issue, as well, fearing the political repercussions of making such fundamental changes in a program that benefits 52 million Americans.

Some Republicans also object to the policy.

"The government should not invest Social Security funds in the stock market," said Rep. Heather Wilson (news, bio, voting record), R-N.M., who faced a tough re-election fight last year. "Social Security has always been the safety net."
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You can read the full story here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20050303/ap_o n_go_co/social_security

Congratulations, Laura Meckler, it looks like you've been Bamboozl'd!