diff --git a/vcr/stubs.py b/vcr/stubs.py
index f22ee35..a1d50a7 100644
--- a/vcr/stubs.py
+++ b/vcr/stubs.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ from .cassette import Cassette
 
 
 class VCRHTTPResponse(object):
+    """
+    Stub reponse class that gets returned instead of a HTTPResponse
+    """
     def __init__(self, recorded_response):
         self.recorded_response = recorded_response
         self.reason = recorded_response['status']['message']
@@ -19,12 +22,7 @@ class VCRHTTPResponse(object):
         return self._content.read()
 
 
-class VCRHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self._cassette = Cassette()
-        HTTPConnection.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-
+class VCRConnectionMixin:
     def _load_old_response(self):
         old_cassette = load_cassette(self._vcr_cassette_path)
         if old_cassette:
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ class VCRHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
             body=body,
             headers=headers
         ))
-        HTTPConnection.request(self, method, url, body=body, headers=headers)
+        self._baseclass.request(self, method, url, body=body, headers=headers)
 
     def getresponse(self, buffering=False):
         old_response = self._load_old_response()
@@ -65,14 +63,19 @@ class VCRHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
         return VCRHTTPResponse(old_response)
 
 
-class VCRHTTPSConnection(HTTPSConnection):
-    """
-    Note that this is pretty much a copy-and-paste of the
-    VCRHTTPConnection class.  I couldn't figure out how to
-    do multiple inheritance to get this to work without
-    duplicating code.  These are old-style classes which
-    I frankly don't understand.
-    """
+class VCRHTTPConnection(VCRConnectionMixin, HTTPConnection):
+
+    # Can't use super since this is an old-style class
+    _baseclass = HTTPConnection
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._cassette = Cassette()
+        HTTPConnection.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class VCRHTTPSConnection(VCRConnectionMixin, HTTPSConnection):
+
+    _baseclass = HTTPSConnection
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -85,42 +88,3 @@ class VCRHTTPSConnection(HTTPSConnection):
         self.key_file = kwargs.pop('key_file', None)
         self.cert_file = kwargs.pop('cert_file', None)
         self._cassette = Cassette()
-
-    def _load_old_response(self):
-        old_cassette = load_cassette(self._vcr_cassette_path)
-        if old_cassette:
-            return old_cassette.get_response(self._vcr)
-
-    def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers={}):
-        """
-        Persist the request metadata in self._vcr
-        """
-        self._vcr = {
-            'method': method,
-            'url': url,
-            'body': body,
-            'headers': headers,
-        }
-        old_cassette = load_cassette(self._vcr_cassette_path)
-        if old_cassette and old_cassette.get_request(self._vcr):
-            return
-        self._cassette.requests.append(dict(
-            method=method,
-            url=url,
-            body=body,
-            headers=headers
-        ))
-        HTTPSConnection.request(self, method, url, body=body, headers=headers)
-
-    def getresponse(self, buffering=False):
-        old_response = self._load_old_response()
-        if not old_response:
-            response = HTTPConnection.getresponse(self)
-            self._cassette.responses.append({
-                'status': {'code': response.status, 'message': response.reason},
-                'headers': dict(response.getheaders()),
-                'body': {'string': response.read()},
-            })
-            save_cassette(self._vcr_cassette_path, self._cassette)
-        old_response = self._load_old_response()
-        return VCRHTTPResponse(old_response)