I stand corrected on the Church/re-marriage, not recalling the divorces (or the details)..
Any politician in the New York City/New Jersey region has to be pro-choice if they are ever to be elected and, if of worth, accomplish anything.
The trade-off is that Rudy is 1) basically a good man and 2) has the potential to bring those crucial states into the column of Presidential electors.
I agree that Rudy is a good man. He did a fantastic job after 9/11. He also did a great job cleaning up crime in NY.
There's no way a Republican - even Rudy - will move NY or NJ from blue to red! Those two states are in the "lost to blue forever" column along with MA.