--- request.py	2012-08-22 21:55:47.975739300 -0400
+++ request.py.new	2012-08-23 19:02:11.157409319 -0400
@@ -118,24 +118,22 @@
 def urlopen(url, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             *, cafile=None, capath=None):
     global _opener
+    if _opener is None:
+        _opener = build_opener()
     if cafile or capath:
         if not _have_ssl:
             raise ValueError('SSL support not available')
-        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
-        context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2
-        if cafile or capath:
-            context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
-            context.load_verify_locations(cafile, capath)
-            check_hostname = True
-        else:
-            check_hostname = False
-        https_handler = HTTPSHandler(context=context, check_hostname=check_hostname)
-        opener = build_opener(https_handler)
-    elif _opener is None:
-        _opener = opener = build_opener()
-    else:
-        opener = _opener
-    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
+        for handler in _opener.handle_open['https']:
+            if isinstance(handler, HTTPSHandler):
+                if handler._context is None:
+                    handler._context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
+                else:
+                    handler._context.protocol = ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
+                handler._context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2
+                handler._context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
+                handler._context.load_verify_locations(cafile, capath)
+                handler._check_hostname = True
+    return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
 
 def install_opener(opener):
     global _opener