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He did not indicate he'll support most of Obamacare. He named two "reforms" that his plan has in common with Obamacare. There are literally hundreds of aspects of Obamacare, so agreeing with two of them is not that bad.

That's an awful lot of Koolaid. The problem is that the two reforms he supports happen to be major cost drivers. If he just supports them -- and no mandate -- then insurance companies will either jack rates through the roof or go out of business. If you think pure Community Rating works in a free market, I have a bridge to sell you.

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I have no problem with sky high rates for people who decide to buy insurance after they find out they're sick.

It would serve as an incentive to buy insurance before you get sick.

And if somebody wants to insure their dead beat 28 year old child, that's their business.

In neither case did Romney mention anything about making these options price friendly or spreading the costs around.

I'm not drinking kool-aid, I just refuse to constantly assume the worst about Romney. That bothers some people around here.

According to some around here, there was no difference between Chris Christie and Jon Corzine or Christie Todd Whitman. He's not perfect, but he's a damn sight better than both of them. I'll hate Romney for the crap he does, not for the crap people tell me he's going to do.