That's one of the things I find fascinating about politics. During this campaign cycle, contraception has never been a part of the Republican party platform nor the platforms of the individual candidates.
It was brought up in a debate by a Democrat and then forced into the public sphere by an over-reaching Democrat administration, then suddenly there is a "republican war on women" which conveniently takes precedence over the real issues of the day.
I find it fascinating. Transparent, but fascinating none-the-less.