I think Romney has values but like us, perhaps, he compromised them in the name of politics.
A bad story about him was that he counseled some women not to have an abortion, but for politics he compromised his values.
Maybe he is more like us than we realize.
As much as I hate socialized medicine, a state has a right to decide on that and vote it in. The majority of his state obviously wanted that. They got it.
The truth of it all, I guess we will never know.
Umm...actually, no they don't.
Purchasing health insurance is a matter of PRIVATE contract, and no public entity called a 'State' or any of its legal or political subdivisions has any authority o force a private person into a public contract.
Trying to blend the People with he government IS the Constitutional definition of treason.
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Since the union of the sovereignty with the government, constitutes a state of absolute power, or tyranny, over the people, every attempt to effect such an union is treason against the sovereignty, in the actors; and every extension of the administrative authority beyond its just constitutional limits, is absolutely an act of usurpation in the government, of that sovereignty, which the people have reserved to themselves.
Preliminary Remarks, St. George Tucker, View of the Constitution
I find the more that titans of business compromise themselves to get ahead, the more they not only go for the usual major donations in order to buy the offsetting title of ‘humanitarian’, but also the more they go out of their way helping individuals from among ‘the little people’ along their path. (Not business suppliers or rivals, mind you.)
IMO this reassures them that they aren’t bad guys because of the professional hardball they play to get ahead. My guess is that Romney is of this ilk. Remember, it was his political team that jumped to the McCain camp and immediately started torpedoing Palin from within. It was Romney’s dirty work done by his minions, but it ended up keeping Palin out of his way in 2012.