Blue Mass Group

There’s not a whole lot to add to what’s already been said regarding Mitt Romney’s newly-minted "different place" on abortion rights and his political strategist’s confession that Romney has been "faking" his position on abortion rights all along (the National Review, by the way, is rejecting out of hand Mike Murphy’s lame attempt to explain away his embarrassing quotation as taken "out of context").  So I thought I’d just refresh our collective recollection as to what Mitt Romney actually said in 2002 when he was trying to become Governor: The gubernatorial candidate wasted no time declaring that he is a "fiscal conservative and a social moderate." He courted both the gay and lesbian vote and the pro-abortion bloc, telling the convention, "Believing in people is fighting prejudice and bigotry wherever it exists, while extending an open hand to each other, regardless of color, faith, or lifestyle?. Believing in people is protecting their freedom to make their own life choices, even if their choice is different from yours. Accordingly, I respect and will fully protect a woman’s right to choose. That right is a deeply personal one, and the women of our state should make it based on their beliefs, not [...]