Debate Fact Check: Santorum Waffles on Title X

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/debate-fact-check-santorum-waffles-on-title-x/

Rick Santorum may have had a “I voted for it before I voted against it” moment Wednesday night.

In response to an assertion by Mr. Paul that he had voted to fund Planned Parenthood, Mr. Santorum said: “As Congressman Paul knows, I opposed Title X funding. I’ve always opposed Title X funding.” He quickly added, “But it’s included in a large appropriation bill that includes a whole host of other things.” Here the audience started to boo.

Technically, Mr. Santorum was saying that he opposed Title X funding — not that he voted against it — but he was implying that he had voted against it. Then when he said it was included in a larger bill, the audience cried foul.

Title X, by the way, is the major funding vehicle for family planning programs. It was signed into law in 1970 by a Republican president, Richard Nixon, who declared, “Contraception for all.”

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Santorum Waffles?

That is seriously disgusting.

[Ilsa]

2. Gag. What do you top them with? nt

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Santorum - that is the topping.

Mmmmmm think I'll stop at the I-hop.