compromise at all on their decision to force religious employers like catholic hospitals and universities to provide free birth control but yesterday, white house press secretary jay carney said they are open to working with religious institutions. let me clear my throat. could the flip-flop have a lot to do with the key voting group a swing vote, catholics? the director at the university of virginia center of politics joins us live from charlottesville. good morning to you, larry. good morning, steve. first of all, let s start with the basic question, could barack obama get re-elected without the support of catholics? well, it s theoretically possible but remember, in 2008, he carried catholics 54% to mccain s 45%. he got a larger percentage of catholics than he did in the overall country as a whole so i don t think he wants to do without catholics. steve, that s why they re back tracking. they are. you know, you can always tell when an administration has