He worked to pass health care initiative that was developed by the Heritage Foundation, perhaps the most highly regarded conservative think tank in existence. The plan was designed to operate according to market principles.
Unfortunately, the radical left Massachusetts legislature got its hands on it and turned Romney's silk purse into an 800 pound sow's ear.
In short: the abomination that resulted was the Massachusetts legislature's doing, not Romney's.
Perhaps, but I think his opponents at the other podiums at the Republican debates will frame it otherwise.