for that will phony theology charge that he threw at the president and instead, you have mitt romney talking about the "secular agenda of the president" pretty much parroting what santorum has said. bottom line, romney did not want to run the risk of further alienating the gop base. >> absolutely. a.b., we have shown our data, i bring in the exit poll information and in pretty much every contest, the very conservative have shown they have very little or no love for mitt romney. so if he had taken michael's advice here, he might be in a worse situation in michigan. he may win the marathon but this sprint, he'll be beat up again. >> it's true. i don't think that mitt romney felt that he had enough of a stand, his standing is so fragile with the republican base at this point in his campaign where he's really losing his grip to try to take rick santorum on from the left. and criticize him for statements he made about birth control or