Morning Examiner: Romney’s ongoing war against free stuff

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Mitt Romney is not usually known as a strong impromptu campaigner, but a unscripted moment from this spring is turning into a major theme of his campaign. Back in March, at a campaign stop in Peoria, Illinois, a woman asked Romney, “So you’re all for like, ‘yay, freedom,’ and all this stuff. And ‘yay, like pursuit of happiness.’ You know what would make me happy? Free birth control.” To which Romney responded:

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