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>> and so with 266 days to go before the presidential election, the republicans in congress have come up with the 266th reason to vote for president obama in november -- birth control. it wasn't on anyone's list until last week when the republicans thought they'd found the perfect wedge issue, but then president obama masterfully sidestepped their attack with a definite and minor adjustment to the new regulation mandating birth control coverage in health insurance policies. >> under the rule, women will still have access to free preventative care, that includes contraceptive services, no matte...

Including in the church. where others who basically said we have a religious liberty interest which we want to protect, and we also understand that the notion of providing contraception is part of a health plan. it's not alien. there are a lot of catholic institutions that provide it. >> i said it on friday. i like the way the president handled this. he recognized he had gone too far in intruding on the place of the church in defending their own beliefs. and he fixed it and said the insurance companies will pay the cost for this birth control coverage. you agreed with me, i think, on that. i c...

Purely by politics. taking the lead from the party surging presidential candidate, rick santorum. this republican amendment seeks to change the debate in washington, d.c. from growing our economy and creating jobs to fighting cultural wars. >> if republicans are painted as the party that is most concerned about social issues and not the primary focus, they are going to get destroyed with independent and moderate voters that will decide the election in swing states. >> the focus on social issues rather than economic ones it's shown slight improve in the the economy. but postamericans pay very l...

Period. not just out of the church. >> there they start losing a lot of support including in the church. where others who basically said we have a religious liberty interest which we want to protect, and we also understand that the notion of providing contraception is part of a health plan. it's not alien. there are a lot of catholic institutions that provide it. >> i said it on friday. i like the way the president handled this. he recognized he had gone too far in intruding the place of the church in defending their own believes. and he fixed it and said the insurance companies will pay the c...

To offer free health insurance coverage to women about birth control even though that would violate the religious belief of some of these organizations. it was a dumb move he quickly backed down. friday he issued his xroe miedz telling us it would be the insurance companies not the religious organizations who paid for the contraception and the other birth control coverage. that as you heard from the senate majority leader unlikely to stop the raging debate. you heard mitt romney this raging debate over what many feel is a graphic example of government over reaching. we have a tremendous panel ...