Why Romney chose to attend President Hinckley’s Funeral

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The weekend before Super Tuesday, the last place Romney needed to be was in Utah (Utah polls show Romney leads McCain 84-4).  But he still took a big chunk of his Saturday off to attend the funeral instead of campaigning.  

RomneyExperience looks at some of the media’s efforts to construe some greater meaning of his attendance as it relates to the continuing story of Mormonism and politics

I’ll take Jan Shipps’ explanation:

I’m convinced that Romney attended President Hinckley’s funeral because he is a Mormon through and through.

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