It's almost not worth commenting on the obvious parallels with Kerry at this early stage in the nominating process, since I think Rudy's honesty on this issue makes it very unlikely that he will ultimately be the Republican nominee.  But I do want to put a marker down in the event that it happens.  What I want to know is whether the same prominent Catholic voices that questioned Kerry's Catholicism and the permissiblity of Catholics voting for him will say the same things, and as loudly and insistently, about Rudy, who is now on the (recent) record as favoring both abortion rights and public funding of abortion?  I suppose some will and some won't.  It will be interesting to see whether they do and, if they don't, what reasons they give for their different treatment.