Lots of someones have floated that. Makes the most sense, the only other explanations are that he is a complete attention whore or he is dumber than a box of volcanic rocks.
None of these are mutually exclusive. Having said that, though, this was the first thing I thought when I heard he was Mormon:
I bet that's why he went to Notre Dame instead of BYU (he's a Mormon). The Catholic Church is adept at covering up polesmoking.