Cardinals, by definition, are political - especially in an archdiocese like Boston.
He’s campaigning to remain a popular cardinal. As long as he lives, that will never end.
His mission in life is not to be popular but do the right thing which is unpopular. Strip off his fancy robes and he’s a ‘nothing’ but a PC politician. He stands for nothing biblical and everything secular.
". . . remain a popular Cardinal"? I think it's a lot too late for that -- after his ham-handed method of closing parishes and schools, in particular.
He's probably campaigning (however misguided his method) to keep Catholic hospitals from having to perform abortions. I don't know what they're doing about the MA law requiring the morning-after pill to rape victims. I do know Catholic Charities here stopped providing adoption services because of the law requiring non-discrimination against gay adoption. The Catholic Archdiocese is under siege, largely by self-styled "Catholic" politicians.