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People have the right to do it, but to have the government force people to provide it, free, just has -- to me, has -- is a bit loaded. there are all sorts of prenatal testing which should be provided free. i have no problem with that. if the insurance companies want to. i'm not for any of these things to be forced. let me just step back and say, i don't believe any of these procedures, anything in insurance should be forced. >> gail, bob schieffer is the master of subtext. he was doing everything but saying, are you kidding me?! here he is with all this experience in washington, he can't beli...

>> that was "saturday night live's" take on the new republican obsession with contraception. joining me now is gail collins, "new york times" columnist, and the author of the new book "william henry harrison" the latest in the american presidents series. gail, i want to listen to what rick santorum said yesterday, defending his comments on prenatal testing. this is what he said on "face the nation." let's listen to that. >> but, senator, do you not want any kind of prenatal testing? i mean, would we just turn our i mean, would we just turn our back on science, that this is something that expec...

There are all sorts of prenatal testing which should be provided free. i have no problem with that. if the insurance companies want to. i'm not for any of these things to be forced. let me just step back and say, i don't believe any of these procedures, anything in insurance should be forced. >> gail, bob schieffer is the master of subtext. he was doing everything but saying, are you kidding me?! here he is with all this experience in washington, he can't believe a presidential campaign has come to this, that we're talking about amnio and prenatal care. >> yeah, it's a surprise to me, too, act...

Because it saves money in health care. why? because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society. >> attorney general dewine, would you advise where are candidate to stop talking about amniocentesis, which has become a standard and important prenatal procedure? >> well, he's talking about a lot of different things. he's talking about jobs. i was in steubenville today -- >> well, yeah -- >> -- he was talking about jobs -- let me finish. >> okay, do jobs and then prenatal testing. >> he was t...

Seeing in ohio, at least, is in regard to rick santorum. it was fairly easy after that, for me. i've known rick for a long time. i've worked with him in the united states senate. i have a great deal of respect for him. i think he is resonating in ohio because people look at him and say he's real, he's telling them what he thinks, whether you agree or disagree. he's saying what he thinks. he's saying what he thinks. and that's going very, very well. look, bottom line, i think he has -- i think he'll be a good president. and i think he'll have the best chance, by far, of beating barack obama in ...