MANCHESTER, NH — Aides to Gov. Mitt Romney were left shaking their heads late Saturday night after a question directed to Romney by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on the issue of contraception. After the debate, one top Romney aide suggested Stephanopoulos has a “strange obsession” with contraception and called the query “the oddest question in a debate this year.”

In the debate’s second segment, Stephanopoulos noted that GOP candidate Rick Santorum has criticized Supreme Court rulings on the issue of privacy.  Stephanopoulos turned to Romney and said, “Governor Romney, do you believe that states have the right to ban contraception?  Or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy?”