Where do you get what you are saying from? Archbishop Levada gave a talk to the public before the 2004 presidential election strongly diasgreeing with then-Cardinal Ratzinger's statement to the U.S. bishops about withholding Communion from politicians. Archbishop Levada cozied up to Cardinal Ratzinger when he visited, but otherwise he did not agree with him on most issues.
It was in the news weeks and weeks ago.
I first heard it from our parish. It's not a secret. You can check it out here on FR; there was a thread about it.
Benedict would not have requested Levada's transfer to Rome if he didn't like, admire and trust Levada.
Levada pulled a real coup here in San Francisco -- against our homosexual advocate/supervisor Tom Ammiano. Harhar. It was a brilliant move on Levada's part, worthy of a Church bishop even in the Borgia's time.
Levada's always come through as rather conservative around here, especially with homosexuality, homosexual marriage, abortion, euthenasia, pedophilia and porography.