Brownback just got the toughest question so far of the night -- how to explain his own opposition to a rape exception to abortion to a rape victim. His answer was none too good, and demonstrates -- if nothing else -- that he may be a man of principle, but he isn't going to win over a lot of people who don't already agree with him.

Romney did a better job with his abortion question (how to talk to someone whose relative has died from a botched abortion after a Romney justice overturns Roe v. Wade) and he aced it -- pointing out that the abortion matter is one that should be decided by the people, not by the courts.