Beware of a feint. The underlying problem is that Obamacare gave bureaucrats the authority to issue regulations like this. Until Obamacare as a whole is repealed or found unconstitutional, any “compromise” tendered by the White House is meaningless. To accept such a “compromise” would be to acknowledge the authority to make the regulations in the first place. Obamacare gave Sebelius that authority. If she now retracts her regs and the bishops and press all gush over her magnanimity and kindness, it only reinforces that we attend upon her right hand as humble maidservants because of Obamacare.
If the bishops understood what they are up against, they’d never mention overturning the regulations without also mentioning the need to overturn the “legislation” that spawned these regulations.
Santorum would be well-placed to focus attention on this, in a way Romney can’t even begin to do. Unfortunately, the bishops would probably leave him to twist in the wind, once the regs were magnanimously retractedd and the libertarian conservatives would stab him in the back while he twists in the wind, being spit upon as a homophobe and woman-hater and so forth by the lefties.
If Catholics, Evangelicals and libertarians could make common cause backing him, it could be a watershed election.
Unless, of course, Gingrich plays spoiler and hands the nomination to Mitt. In which case we are stuck with Obamacare and ten times worse
forever. RIP American Republic.
It was done awkwardly, but the narcissistic commandant got a big kick out of it.
Such power in the hands of one elected official who is supposed to be serving us, not having us grovel to him so as not to be forced to go against our consciences and our Faith.