Has he not made bold enough social issue statements?
Ban abortion after 20 weeks at both state & federal level. (Mar 2015)
Passed pro-life legislation & defunded Planned Parenthood. (Mar 2015)
Supports Personhood Amendment prohibiting all abortions. (Feb 2015)
I’m proudly pro-life, but focus on fiscal issues. (Dec 2013)
Protect life from conception to natural death. (Nov 2010)
Opposes federal abortion funding. (Aug 2010)
— www.ontheissues.org
This was not a bold social conservative statement, except in the sense that he was admitting, just what he said, and what conservatives feared about him.