Doesn't matter. Obama will ignore it and it's all eyewash anyway.
Actually, the other issues sounded a little more rational and a little less lefty and objectionable than anything that has appeared in the bishops’ statements for years now.
I think this was just an attempt to set forth all the Church’s positions before loonies (such as Biden and Pelosi) could run out and “interpret” them in such a way as to make Bama look like God’s gift to the Church.
It is clear that the bishops are trying to protect the conscience of individuals in things like education and health care, for example, and are not worshipping at the shrine of government in any area. And it included a section supporting heterosexual marriage as being the only thing that can truly be called marriage.
On the whole, I don’t think it was bad and I think it was meant to serve as a reference point for future action and debate.
Obama will push abortion by every means possible, of course, mostly through executive orders undoing Bush’s pro-life work, but it is also very likely that acceptance of gay “marriage” will be imposed on organizations and individuals that reject it, and that public education will become much more ideological and opposed to the values of Christianity. I expect to see his education dept director try to get some sort of national civics or ethics curriculum forced not only on public schools, but any kind of educational institution and even homeschoolers (who will be under attack). That’s what Zapatero, the Spanish PM who is ideologically most similar to Obama, did in Spain and the Church has been engaged in a real struggle against it.
I see this as the opening shot from our side.