In other words, so far it looks like Romney’s legal counsel was correct, and he had no choice. But let’s ignore that because it doesn’t advance our misleading insination that Mitt Romney WANTED to do this.
If you were arguing that Mitt was too deferential to his legal counsel, we could have a discussion about that (and the jury is obviously still out because we haven’t won the court case). That would at least be a justifiable opinion and a rational argument.
But it is clear Romney did NOT want to approve this pill, OR to force hospitals to dispense it. HE vetoed the legislation, and when the veto was overridden, he tried to maintain the exemption for hospitals. Only when he was told that legally he had no right to do so did he give in and enforce the law.
Well said.