So it appears that Republicans are going to force a fight over the requirement that employers cover contraception as part of their insurance plans. This is rather curious, as most people (other than the truly crazy, “every sperm is sacred” crowd) are on board with this. The Republicans are, predictably, framing this provision as “an attack on religious freedom,” which is pretty stupid, considering nobody will be forced to use contraception, and, instead, employees who don’t want to breed irresponsibly will have their religious freedoms attacked – all for the crime of working at, say, a Catholic hospital or something. Assuming the Obama Administration isn’t stupid enough to pre-cave on this (a huge assumption, given its previous track record), I think this will turn out to be a real bummer for the GOP – and not a fight that will do them any good in the long run.