Here’s what I actually found most jarring about the story in the Boston Globe this morning about the emergency-contraception issue there:

Catholic hospitals are extremely reluctant to discuss the issue. Christine A. Baratta–a spokeswoman for the Caritas Christi Health Care System, which operates six Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts–would only answer questions via e-mail. She said Caritas will continue to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims as long as they’re not pregnant and that the hospitals use a serum blood test to determine pregnancy. It’s unclear how that policy will conform with the law.

I’ll pay more attention to this in the coming days and weeks because there are court-battle promises and the issue isn’t likely to go away. But, yes, as you can imagine (and many Romney skeptics have been e-mailing me their gotcha! condolences this morning), pro-life K-Lo, who has long been impressed with Governor Romney for various reasons (see here and here and here for examples) wasn’t exactly rejoicing at the headlines coming out of snow-covered Boston today. But I can’t say that I’m outraged either. I bet this governor’s reasoning goes something like this…When he vetoed a bill that would have let kids have access to emergency-contraception without parental notification this summer, Romney said (that op-ed is worth reading, by the way) a few things, including…

*”I will honor the commitment I made during my campaign: While I do not favor abortion, I will not change the state’s abortion laws.”

*”I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother.”

What he said this Thursday was: ”My personal view, in my heart of hearts, is that people who are subject to rape should have the option of having emergency contraception or emergency contraception information.” So, he figures (or so I figure he figures), he’s being consistent—he’s following what his lawyers tell him is the law, he’s not changing law, and he’s not lending support to anything as outrageous as some in his state would like—over-the-counter EC for girls and the like.

He’s probably also figuring: The Catholic hospitals are already in the EC business. Why? Well, that’s not his battle. And why need he be more Catholic than the Catholic hospitals? Actually, if he wanted to he could have said that publicly. Archbishop O’Malley’s communications office might be grateful today that he didn’t.

That’s not Romney spin, that’s just my read of what’s going on in Boston this morning, with the soundtrack of snowplows playing in the background and the governor’s staff probably wanting all day to take an early Friday and go Christmas shopping, because there’s just about no one these emergency-contraception headlines are going to play well with. Contrary to popular belief, I am not actually running the Romney for President campaign. But I’m paying attention to the guy—and think there is good reason to–so I thought I’d pass along how I’m reading it (which includes what I’m hearing about it), for whatever it’s worth.