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Actually I have seen people on both sides of the debate say this. and I agreee.

It's a political answer from the kind of people that 90% of us dislike. Abortion on the backburner? What does that mean? Does that mean that Ryan doesn't restate the Reagan-Bush-Bush Executive Orders that were undone by Clinton-Obama? Does that mean a dead or retired SCOTUS gets replaced by someone who will sail through, teh Constitution be damned? Does that mean pro-lifers have to suck it up until Democrats are no longer a threat to the economy and military? (meaning forever?)

Do you really want Ryan to join in on confirming Romney as worse than a squish on these issues?

This election is about more than 2012. If the Republican Party gets morphed into the Canadian Progressive Conservatives, you can kiss a conservative majority goodbye.

The bluest northeastern states like that sort of talk (NY, CT, RI, MA). But Romney stands to pick up crucial votes in the far more important states of PA, MI, OH and WI by not just shoving pro-life on the back-burner.

The Republicans have been playing the pro-life people—saying “We will get to that eventually”since they persuaded the pro-lifers not to run third party in 1984 by making promises. Let us not forget that until the ‘80s, the Republicans were the abortion party. Jerry Ford was prochoice, Carter was pro-life (sorta). Ronnie was pro-life, but Nancy was pro-choice. George HW was pro-life (sorta); Barbara was pro—choice. George W. was pro-life; his wife and daughters, pro-choice.