Pro-Obama Catholic predicts 'very positive' ties with Vatican
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Perhaps the most prominent Catholic backer of the presidential aspirations of Barak Obama today predicted warm U.S./Vatican relations under an Obama administration, arguing that it would enable new partnerships built around the church?s social teachings.
Douglas Kmiec, former legal counsel for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, also said that while he has given ?no thought? to the prospect of serving as Obama?s ambassador to the Vatican, he would ?never rule anything out.?