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and this woman, supreme court justice, there she is, sonja sotomayor, she could be the deciding factornot it stays that way. here's the issue. it's the law's so-called contraception mandate, dealing with certain religious affiliated groups and their requirement to cover birth control in the employee insurance plans. hours before it was to go into effect this week, justice sotomayor delayed the mandate after a group of catholic charity nuns sued saying it violates their religious liberties. we've got with us now will cain a cnn political commentator and aaron lewis, cnn political commentator and anchor for new york 1 news. thank you so much. let's get into it. i want to start with you, will. so the white house says in their response, they issued a statement, saying a charity group isn't subject to the mandate, because it does not apply to self-funded church plans. here's the quote from the statement. we remain confident that our final rule strikes the balance of providing women with free contraceptive coverage -- from having to contract, arrange, pay or refer for such coverage. are thes