Did the WH pick a fight on contraception to try to hurt Romney in the primary?

After all, while the issue hasn’t exactly been fun to deal with for the White House, what better way to help a social conservative like Rick Santorum in his quest to bring down Romney?…

Social issues are Santorum’s bread and butter. More than any other candidate in the GOP race – and arguably more than any senator in recent decades – he’s got the record that makes social conservatives swoon…

And however much of a strength this is for Santorum with the GOP base, it is just as much of a weakness for Romney — a weakness the White House was only so happy to exploit.