A Romney fan writes in, angry that I have questioned the sincerity of Romney’s conversion (which I did not do, by the way.)

I just wanted to say that it is revolting to me the way you attribute being clever and disingenuous to Mitt Romney on his abortion converstion. It is revolting to take a good thing and try to turn it into something dark. Mitt is a good, moral and truthful man. He does not need to be President; he is simply the best person for the job and is trying to help this country. Please try to look at him other than from inside politics.

Another reader takes me to task for not questioning Romney’s sincerity in the switch to pro-life.

When you look at Mitt Romney, you see a candidate with a long public policy record of pro abortion positions. You see him going so far at one point as to argue that he is no less pro abortion than Ted Kennedy…[His conversion] just happened to coincide with Romney wanting to become leader of the free world and knowing there was no way get out of a GOP primary without a different position.
…Maybe Romney really did have a sincere conversion and is a different person on the issue now. If that’s true, then great. But before we make him leader of our party and put him in charge of setting the direction of the Court for the next 30 years, I’d like to see a little more time elapse between advocating pro choice positions for an entire career and a sudden change of heart that also happens to be a great move politically. Like Reagan said, “Trust, but verify.” We need a bit more time before we can verify anything about this guy.

I was merely pointing out that some people have doubts, and that’s a fact. Last night, while writing on the implications of the Thompson endorsement by NRLC, I spoke to some Iowan pro-life leaders. Meg Crawford, who has been part of the movement in Union County since Roe and is currently undecided for the election, had this to say:

I like Governor Romney. I have some reservations about his commitment to the right to life. He assures me now that he is pro-life, that he’s been pro-life…but I still have some concerns about where he was when he was governor. I can’t quite commit to him yet. There’s something in me that just says “no.”