The Catholic Bishops have been consistent proponents for universal access to health care for decades. Sine 1993 they have had formal proposals out there. The bishops see health care as an essential element of the sanctity of human life and the dignity of the human person. They teach that it is incumbent upon a just and moral society to see to it that all persons receive basic life saving and sustaining care.

Which put the Church between a rock and a hard place when President Obama proposed universal access but Congressional leadership wanted to include abortion. There were three problems for the Bishops: abortion is not health care, abortion preys on the most vulnerable, mostly poor and minorities, and bean counters would favor abortion over childbirth which is 10x as expensive.

So the Catholic Bishops had to weigh in because they wanted to support and promote the Democrat proposal but couldn’t support an abortion laced bill.

Now as much as I would like our Bishops to get all the credit, that’s hardly the case. The fact is the country, especially the emerging youth generation don’t favor abortion. They may tolerate it, but if you’re providing care for all, it should mean all – including the preborn.

So, the media is widely crediting the Bishops, but I suspect others made this a reality too, and one I’m very suspicious of is right out front on this measure. I want to know, just what did President Obama tell Dems today that led 65 of them to believe they could vote pro-life on the amendment? And why?