[pgyanke]

Santorum needs to speak positively about what the Catholic Bishops are doing now, not dwell in the past.

Past is prologue. I think he recognizes that the bishops' indignation is decades late... and likely to subside if the administration concedes this one point. This current abuse is only the next step in a long journey which should have been opposed long ago. I'm afraid of the bishops crowing victory and congratulating the administration for its forbearance... such a scenario would all but seal Obama's reelection.

I fear the "rope-a-dope" where the administration--rather than accomplishing a heavy-handed deed--actually gets the endorsement of the Catholic Church in America for being reasonable.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Past is prologue. I think he recognizes that the bishops' indignation is decades late... and likely to subside if the administration concedes this one point. This current abuse is only the next step in a long journey which should have been opposed long ago. I'm afraid of the bishops crowing victory and congratulating the administration for its forbearance... such a scenario would all but seal Obama's reelection.

I think so. Not all Bishops - some are heroes. But all the libs and moderates, of which there are plenty.