Romney pushes family values

Fresh off hitting Hillary Clinton for her husband's transgressions in the White House, Mitt Romney is stressing family values during three campaign stops today in Iowa.

In a package of proposals he is billing as "The Four Walls of the Iowa Home," Romney is vowing to push for a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage; to fight online sexual predators with long prison sentences and lifetime GPS tracking even for first offenders; to convene a White House summit on strengthening families; and to oppose abortion by appointing like-minded judges and opposing taxpayer funding.

The former Massachusetts governor is relying on his policy positions, along with his picture-perfect family, to appeal to social conservatives in particular. But he is also fighting criticism that he has not too long ago held a different position on abortion.

Thursday in New Hampshire, Romney said the Clintons did not uphold family values in the White House, a none-too-veiled allusion to the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Romney is leading the polls in Iowa, where he has invested a lot of time and money and where he hopes a first-place finish in the Jan. 3 Republican caucuses will be a springboard for his candidacy.