In Wednesday’s White House briefing, PressSec labels GOP frontrunner an “odd messenger” on the birth control controversy.

Carney: “This is, I think, ironic that Mitt Romney is criticizing the President for pursuing a policy that’s virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of Massachusetts.”

Romney spox Amanda Henneberg emails: “Given the Obama campaign’s obsessive fixation on Mitt Romney and their ‘kill Romney’ strategy, it comes as no surprise that they would continue to try to distort Mitt Romney’s record to distract from President Obama’s failures.”

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Statement from Romney spox Amanda Henneberg:

“Given the Obama campaign’s obsessive fixation on Mitt Romney and their ‘kill Romney’ strategy, it comes as no surprise that they would continue to try to distort Mitt Romney’s record to distract from President Obama’s failures. Governor Romney stands with the Catholic Bishops and all religious organizations in their strenuous objection to this liberty- and conscience-stifling regulation. He is committed to repealing Obamacare entirely. On his first day in office, Mitt Romney will eliminate the Obama administration rule that compels religious institutions to violate the tenets of their own faith.”