The White House called for a health insurance rule change that will allow religious employers to avoid covering workers’ birth control costs. Also, Santorum’s surge; the $26 billion banking industry mortgage settlement; the 9th Circuit blows down California’s gay marriage ban; and new details about JFK and a White House intern come to light.

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele joins Matt Miller and Robert Scheer on this week’s “Left, Right & Center.” –ARK

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