Romney said, “I’m not for the bill,” and proceeded to argue that presidential candidates shouldn’t get into “questions about contraception.”

For all of the shameless pandering Romney has done to the far-right Republican base, this unambiguous answer reflected remarkable bravery on the candidate’s part. Republicans have been hyperventilating for weeks about the issue, and here was the likely GOP presidential nominee announcing, on camera, his opposition to his party’s legislative remedy.

I read this on the Maddow blog and my take was totally different. This isn’t bravery, but desperation. Romney sees no way out of the mess he has created for himself, so with nothing to lose, he might as well try honesty instead of political pandering. Sure he could lose the ability to be nominated, but is that a new development or merely the reality coming to light.