Why do you think Romney only got a legal opinion saying Catholic hospitals couldn't be exempt ONLY AFTER being criticized by his liberal Lt Gov and the Boston Globe?
If he was trying to follow the law, he would have consulted a lawyer before promising Catholic hospitals they could be exempt. In fact, don't you think it's likely that he did consult his lawyer beforehand and was assured they could be exempt?
Instead, he hid behind his lawyer's new legal opinion - which differed from the legal opinion of the Catholic hospitals' laywers - in order to provide cover for his broken promise and surrender to the liberal media.
If Romney has really cared, he would have gotten the legal opinion BEFORE he signed the bill into law.