The Obama administration has been quietly negotiating with representatives of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in an effort to tamp down their furious opposition to a federal mandate that insurance companies cover birth control, according to sources familiar with the talks.
The lions have surrounded the herd of wildebeasts and are conducting probes and feints in order to select what they believe is the weakest member of the herd to isolate for the kill.
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