Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he was proud of the health care law he implemented while governor of Massachusetts, which was used as a blueprint for President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
“First of all, I would repeal all of Obamacare and replace it with the kinds of reforms we really need,” he said at the Univision Meet the Candidates forum. “And I have experience in health care reform. Now and then the president says I’m the grandfather of Obamacare. I don’t think he meant that as a compliment, but I’ll take it. Now and then the president says I’m the grandfather of Obamacare. I don’t think he meant that as a compliment, but I’ll take it. This was during my primary we thought it might not be helpful.”
“But I have actually been able to put in place a system that fit the needs of the people of my state and I’m proud of the fact that in my state after our plan was put in place, every child has insurance, 98 percent of adults have insurance, but we didn’t have to cut Medicare by $716 billion to do that. We didn’t raise taxes on health companies by $500 billion as the president did.”
Makes sense to me. You can be proud of what you created for a state and then have the three witches, Obama, Pelosi, & Reid, corrupt, taint, and turn it into a treacly, potent, poison.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
have you noticed how the campaign is keeping him out of the public lately? I mean 6 weeks out and he is in Utah and Texas at fund raisers? seems like the wheels are coming off... he's flipping so fast, he can't keep up with his stories
I think I know what is going on with Romney. He has changed positions so many times, that it is like telling a lie, which leads to another lie and another and pretty soon, you can't keep up with what you think you have said. I think it is taking a toll on him.
I think when he "slips" and says something like "I wouldn't get rid of ALL of Obamacare"; his campaign gets their undies in a bunch and yanks him back in. I think he truly is a moderate, but the party is trying to create the facade of a hard core right wing candidate. I think we are seeing the toll of this now.
