Wow, Did Foster Friess Really Say That? (Updated) - Jonathan Cohn

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/100798/foster-friess-girls-used-aspirin-birth-control-santorum-msnbc

And here is the problem with having a guy like Santorum in the race. Instead of the complicated rules and compromises involved in Obama's healthcare-contraception-Catholic hospital mistake, what keeps popping to the surface is the much easier to swallow and remember "Republicans are against contraception". It's not generally true but what are you supposed to think when they keep saying stupid stuff like this?:

This contraception thing, my gosh, it’s [so] inexpensive. You know, back in my days, they’d use Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.

To be fair, Foster Friess is not a politician, but he has almost single-handedly kept Rick Santorum in the race with his money. And it's a fair question because Santorum has repeatedly spoken out against contraception (saying the states had a right to ban it for instance) so asking his funders about it is a way to determine what things Santorum used to convince them they should give their money to him and not some other human turd. Clearly they have discussed the issue and clearly, given Friess's feelings on it, they agree.

The Komen kerfuffle and the minor dust up with the Catholic church were thought by the GOP to be stinging victories in the making. They have turned into a narrative that David Frum and others like him saw coming and will not reflect well on the Republicans with women voters, a place they are in desperate need of help.