Doug Kmiec has seen my YouTube interview

Or so Kmiec implies in the public letter he wrote to Abp. Chaput yesterday (who has responded here).

You can watch the YouTube interview Kmiec refers to right here. Now that we know what the political future holds, it is helpful to see where Abp. Chaput predicts the cultural and religious future of our nation is headed.

As for Kmiec's 11th-hour letter to the Archbishop, I have a few observations:

• I dislike his tone. This is not a dinner party disagreement. Human lives are literally at stake in this debate.
• Kmiec ignores the issues he can't handle. He has his own idea of what this debate is about, and constantly refuses to move away from his talking points. This is not what happens in a debate - this is instead a propaganda tactic. Has he ever spoken about FOCA, for instance?
• Kmiec calls for collaboration in what is already happening and Catholics are already doing, as if he had thought of the idea. Supporting women who face problem pregnancies? Check. Finding ways to make adoption an alternative over abortion? Check. A Human Life Amendment? (seriously?!) Well, check that too. Sure, more could be done in these three areas - but Obama is against many of these proposals and they will be harder to achieve when he is President! How can Kmiec hope for these when the candidate whom he supports is against them? It's schizophrenic. I simply don't see the logic here.

And as for Kmiec's comment that "Intemperate language and hyperbolic argumentation may play well on the blogs", two things:

• There might be intemperate language and hyperbolic argumentation out there. But there is also sound, logical critique - critique that Kmiec has never been able to answer to my satisfaction. I should start a counter for every time he claims to be a martyr and treated unfairly when people disagree with him or criticize his position. A man of his experience shouldn't need me to tell him to get over it and move on.
• I'd be happy to debate or interview Doug Kmiec in person anytime he wants. How's that?

Finally, see my 4th conclusion that I write about in this post. That prediction is now a reality....

update: stop the presses, Archbishop Chaput has responded himself.