[Mrs. Don-o]

I think that's a possibility --- an attractive one, too, for the reasons you state.

But I'm not morally certain.

I also wonder whether that necessitates Benedict being, in 2013, either mentally incompetent to make a true choice, or a coward yielding to fear? I don't like either scenario.

Of course, none of it depends on "what I like".

[nanetteclaret]

I remember he said when he was first elected, “Pray for me that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.”