At a press conference with congressional candidate Rory Lancman earlier today, we asked former Mayor Ed Koch about the timing of President Barack Obama’s announcement that he supports gay marriage, and whether he felt it was cynical at all. Mr. Koch is a prominent support of gay marriage, but he argued Mr. Obama’s decision was actually made in spite of the electoral politics rather than because of them.

“I don’t have any doubt that the statement by Vice President [Biden] on the subject matter precipitated his doing that,” Mr. Koch explained, noting he didn’t quite agree with the word “cynical” to describe it. “But I believe it’s totally representive of his thoughts.” Read More