[Longbow1969]

He zeroed in on the senator's moral view of contraception, and foolishly, Santorum engaged. He should have simply said: "Hey, George, I have seven kids. I don't know much about it." End of exposition.

But no. Santorum rambled on about the downside of birth control, something most Americans simply don't want to hear about.

Foolish indeed, but that was the problem with Santorum - he simply couldn't resist talking about these things.

Most Americans do not think contraception is "not okay". In fact, it is an alien concept to most folks - even probably half or more of Catholics don't take their church seriously when it comes to this issue.

Whether contraception is "not okay" should have never been a part of the campaign. Were Santorum disciplined he would have avoided the issue like the plague and simply said something along the lines of "I'm a Catholic, I personally accept the church's teaching on the issue, but it is not part of my campaign and not a matter for the government to involve itself in". Had he said that from minute one he'd have never given the media the opportunity to savage him over it and he would have avoided raising so many doubts in the minds of conservatives looking for a viable non-Romney.

[cripplecreek]

Were Santorum disciplined he would have avoided the issue like the plague and simply said something along the lines of "I'm a Catholic, I personally accept the church's teaching on the issue, but it is not part of my campaign and not a matter for the government to involve itself in".

I love the way you clowns encourage cowardice but it isn't surprising coming from people who manipulate the facts to make your point. After all, it became an issue because Obama mandates that we and people who oppose it on religious grounds pay for it.

People like you are even more destructive to the nation than the democrats because at the first sign of trouble, your brand of conservatism starts clutching at the ankles of those with the courage to fight..