Tim Kaine: What Robby Mook Said About My Abortion Position Is Not Accurate

‘I accept the church’s teaching on this issue’

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TAPPER: "Robby Mook, the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton, said you have given the campaign assurances that you’re with Hillary Clinton when it comes to her position on repealing the Hyde amendment, which bans federal funding." 
KAINE: "That — that is not accurate. And I don’t think Robby has said that, Jake. Here’s my — my voting position on abortion has not really changed. I am a Catholic. And I accept the church’s teaching on this issue, but I do not believe that the job of somebody in public life is to basically say, I am a Catholic, so my job is to make our laws consistent with Catholic doctrine and make everybody follow it. This is an important personal matter."

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