Oops! Did he say that?!?

On Father's Day, Barack Obama gave a commendable (and articulate as always) speech on the gargantuan need for men to stand up in the black community and be husbands and dads.

Within the heart of the speech he said:

"We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception."

When I first heard the speech commented upon, this nugget escaped every commentator. Okay, almost every commentator. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council picked up on the contradiction (again) between what the man says and what the man does. Mr. Perkins queried:

"I would like to ask Senator Obama: if my responsibility as a father began at conception, isn't that when the lives of my children began?"

That would be like John McCain speaking about the blessed unions going on in San Francisco starting this last week. Perkins further pointed the spotlight at Senator Obama's very abortion-friendly voting record:

"He is the co-sponsor of the Federal Freedom of Choice Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that will legalize partial-birth abortion and overturn virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion," he says. "Senator Obama understands that a father's responsibility does not end at conception, but does he understand that it begins there as well?"

I guess he should sleep on his speeches before hitting "send" with his mouth.