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Obama probably wanted it in both the law and in an executive order just to be sure.

Obama didn't want either and instead it was a compromise designed to help Stupak save face. He lied himself into a corner and couldn't change his vote without some sort of face saving device so Obama offered him a meaningless restatement of decades old Federal policy which Stupak could try to hold up as a tiny shield to cover his hypocrisy and lies.