Here's a top local story out of South Carolina this morning: During a campaign stop yesterday in the state, Mitt Romney told the crowd about his strong support for school choice — and he went a bit further in his courting of religious right voters.

Beside supporting government vouchers to help parents send their children to private schools, Romney also reportedly said that he supports public money for parents who home school their children. Home schooling enjoys a measure of popularity among Christian conservative activists, who feel that the public schools are dominated by secularism.