I usually have no hope that the USCCB will do anthing sensible where politics are concerned. However, I happily predict that the group will NOT endorse Obamacare. Anti-abortion groups — all of them — are hitting back hard at Obama’s lies that his health proposals won’t fund abortions. Given that pro-life groups have made it clear they will not be quiet, the USCCB will not want to set itself up to have to have to defend Obamacare forever, which is what they will have to do if they support it. Plus, The widespread opposition to Obamacare among independents and Dems over 65 means that the USCCB will be less eager than they usually are to vote for whatever socialist proposal that’s on the table.
The local Catholic conference leader told me that the bishops support these social agendas and as this guy put it, they will defend life “on a case by case basis” if it comes to that.