In the last debate Obama claimed:
"...Governor Romney feels comfortable having politicians in Washington decide the health care choices that women are making. I think that's a mistake. In my health care bill, I said insurance companies need to provide contraceptive coverage to everybody who is insured, because this is not just a health issue; it's an economic issue for women. It makes a difference. This is money out of that family's pocket.
"Governor Romney not only opposed it; he suggested that, in fact, employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage. That's not the kind of advocacy that women need."
Romney responded by claiming Obama wasn't telling the truth:
"I'd just note that I don't believe that bureaucrats in Washington should tell someone whether they can use contraceptives or not, and I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not. Every woman in America should have access to contraceptives. And the president's statement of my policy is completely and totally wrong."
So, who's right? The key here is Romney's claim about employers.
As Kaili Joy Gray noted, "Romney supported the Blunt Amendment to allow employers to decide whether their employees should have access to contraceptives. That's what the Blunt Amendment did, and Romney said at the time, 'Of course I support the Blunt Amendment.'"
Under the Blunt Amendment, any employer could deny employees' contraception access as part of their health insurance plan. Romney endorsed the proposal, as did his running mate, Paul Ryan.
I can appreciate why the Republican finds this embarrassing now, but when he says, "I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not," that's the exact opposite of what he told voters earlier in the year.
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Ok, so can someone explain to me how this is not a blatant attempt to deceive? He can't even be honest about his own positions. Before whining about how Maddow is biased, first explain how anything she said is false. She ran an entire show on this subject and I haven't seen anyone in the Right Wing media do anything to refute her.