to barnacle, being a liberal RAT is more important than being a catholicI'll say. I think he better 'practice' a little harder.
He just pi**ed off alot of voters that do consider voting moral issues, Catholic or not.
He implied that people shouldn't be so concerned with pro-life issues while we have soldiers dying in Iraq. Then a few minutes later he added that the Church has this big problem covering for abusive priests---again implying that Catholics have no moral standing to be pro-life because of Iraq and abuse.
This is the classic---no, the central ethical premise of today's liberals. If you're not perfect you're a hypocrite, and if you're a hypocrite you are not permitted to hold ANY moral positions.