voting and political contributions

The Cardinal Newman Society reports, here, on political donations by employees of Catholic universities. Among the interesting facts noted there are that contributions favor Kerry by 9 to 1 and that Mark Roche is listed as a contributor to the Kerry campaign. I guess the Roche contribution is consistent with his Times editorial. There, he had argued that Kerry was really the pro-life candidate and was better on "Catholic" issues such as the environment and that on balance Catholics ought to vote for Kerry. I still, and maybe I'm just naive, found the political contribution surprising since the tone of the editorial seemed to be a reluctant vote for Kerry as the "lesser of two evils." I might be misreading the tone of the piece. I wonder if there is a difference between a reluctant, "hold your nose and vote for Kerry" done because proportionate reasons outweigh material cooperation with evil, and contributing money to the campaign of a candidate who is, as Greg Sisk has helpfully documented, an enthusiastic proponent of abortion rights.