Here's Brody's article on Fred wanting to ditch the platform in 96 as a way to quell party infighting:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864165/posts
It seems misguided to me, but his basic point was that all of the energy was being directed inward instead of at trying to win the election.
Spiff is clever to point this out, especially when he supports Mitt Romney, a candidate that is on video trying to out-choice a pro-choice activist candidate for governor.
Cleverly dishonest, I'd say.