Apparently Paul Ryan's support for Ayn Rand's views has been revoked, after I guess getting a number of individuals in the Catholic Church rebuking him for what they saw as his support for it.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/26/under-catholic-pressure-paul-ryan-backs-away-from-rand-objectivism/
Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), when faced with a letter of condemnation by 90 Catholic faculty members at Georgetown University, has abruptly decided to back away from his famous endorsement of the works of controversial author Ayn Rand and her philosophy of “Objectivism.” The congressman, who is scheduled to speak at the Catholic university today, is now emphasizing Christian philosophers and the writings of Pope Benedict XVI as the true exemplars of his world view over Russian émigré and atheist Rand.
A National Review profile from early Thursday said, “‘I reject her philosophy,’ Ryan says firmly. ‘It’s an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person’s view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas,’ who believed that man needs divine help in the pursuit of knowledge. ‘Don’t give me Ayn Rand,’ he says.”
Where it was spin or not (he says his support was an urban legend) it is now that he comes out in opposition. Here was Ryan in a campaign, speaking how Rand offers moral basis for Capitalism, in a campaign spot he did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmW19uoyuO8
