Faith healers

President Obama is not surprisingly looking for lots of support on his health care plans from the half of the Catholic divide that voted for him. And they’re fully in league with his plans, despite the bishops’ concerns about some of its provisions.

Anne Henderschott analyzes this tension in a WSJ op-ed piece. A key snip:

Drawing upon support within Catholic community agencies is a strategy that worked well for Mr. Obama when he was running for president. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Catholics United tried to neutralize the abortion issue during the campaign by suggesting that Mr. Obama’s proposals on “social justice” issues like poverty were the way to reduce abortion rates without restricting abortion rights.

Now personnel from these organizations are playing a role in enlisting Catholic support for health-care reform.

They’re using the statement Obama made recently that his plan will not include funding for abortion, a statement not backed by the facts.