text: Where does Reese get these silly "rules":
  
  "Second rule for politicians: Don’t attack the bishops; it gives their views greater media coverage."
  
  The USCCB statement outraged the Catholic right which accounts for more in contributions than the left.   Anyone who has worked on capital campaign knows this.  Reese must not get his hands dirty as a SJ. 
  
  Bannon's attack on the Bishops was precisely correct - and I am sure Trump was happy - and the Catholic right has backed him up on it.
  
  Media coverage only caused more distrust for the airport hopping bishops.