John Kerry

I just read Kevin Drum's post and was going to post it here, but you beat me to it.

The compromise is out, and it's something about having the women deal directly with the insurance company and leaving the institution out of it. (this is based on a Hawaii state law) I'm not happy with it, but more importantly, the Catholic Bishops will reject it out of hand because they don't want anyone getting birth control in this country.

Meanwhile, laugh of the day in Georgia:

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/02/10/your-morning-jolt-callista-gingrich-steps-out-front-and-center/

A bunch of nutty Republicans in the legislature (to be clear they're ALL nutty) introduced a bill about protecting the Catholic Church from the government, blah, blah, blah plus a weird "whereas" statement that birth control apparently is a chemical abortion. But there is a bit of a conundrum there:

But over at Georgia Politico, Dustin Baker notes the irony that Georgia already has long had an insurance mandate almost identical to the one on the federal level. Specifically, Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 33-24-59.6:

(c) Every health benefit policy that is delivered, issued, executed, or renewed in this state or approved for issuance or renewal in this state by the Commissioner on or after July 1, 1999, which provides coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis shall provide coverage for any prescribed drug or device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use as a contraceptive.