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Romney: Obama Never Had Control of Health Care [CBS News]

But Romney said the president hasn't been doing enough to foster Republican support.

"He's campaigning, which is what he does best. He continues to campaign, but what we really need now is leadership from the president that works in a bipartisan basis to fashion a bill that improves our healthcare system that gets people insured, and make sure we don't have folks losing insurance if they lose their job."

Romney insisted that plans for a public option should be ditched, saying "you don't want the government getting in the business of insurance." In 2006, while Romney was governor, Massachusetts passed a universal health care bill without a public option. The plan has come under fire for not containing costs, but Romney defended the plan as being within budget projections.

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[70th Division]

Costs have gone up 33% under the Romney plan. It created a shortage of Dr.s so anyone with a card just showed up at the E.R. He just lost my vote for anything.

[bamahead]

ObamaCare is Dead -- RINOcare is the Real Danger

[ryan71]

Romney is not an option next go around and we better not allow the media to pick us another loser.

[Antoninus]

Phony baloney jack@ss. Romney needs to be protested as strongly as Obama and his flacks.

He's got "part of the problem" stamped on his forehead.

[Oldpuppymax]

No doubt this scrupulous RINO sell-out will be a BIG favorite among republican party bigwigs in 2012. A McCain with dark hair. Swell.

[kingu]

Romney's Legacy: A health care system that is slowly strangling the state of Massachusetts and homosexual shacking up. But as he said, that's ok, mandates are good, mandates work, least that's what he told us during the Republican presidential debates.

You can't out liberal a liberal, you'll lose every time. I've heard enough from the loser.

[bill1952]

Guys, nothing shows how disconnected from American reality that these beltway, butt boy bastards are as this.

When your opposition is busy digging it's own grave, you don't chime in and tell us how right you were to do the same thing that they are trying to do.

Does he honestly, really believe that this is going to get him votes and the backing of nationwide voters??
Other than his good old RINO buddies in the GOP hierarchy?

Geez! Stupid! Just lost any potential for my vote!

even a fish wouldn't get in trouble if it kept it's mouth shut

[This Just In]

We’re not surprised by this. Staunch conservatives recognized Romney as the RINO he’s always been from the start. It wouldn’t surprise me if he switched parties. As a matter of fact, what is Romney waiting for? He’s on the bus.

[NotSoModerate]

I hope Romney has a good pair of flame resistant undies on.

[svcw]

So Mitt care works, and Republicans need to work with Barry..........so defenders of Mitt - why?

[Uncle Miltie]

RomneyCare: Justifying the Socialist Takover of America.

Never will he be my nominee.

[alloysteel]

Bipartisan support? Why do Republicans in general, and conservatives in particular, have ANY reason to support this monstrosity? No cost savings whatsoever will be delivered, it is not on a self-sustaining basis and never could be, and the end result is lower quality and deferred care far into the future. Too late and too little.

If you want to provide mercy care, CALL it that, and not try to make things “equal”. Americans can be talked into providing mercy services, but they, like people everywhere in the world, get churlish and mulish when it comes to being COMPELLED to participate.

This is a plan BEGGING to be sabotaged at every turn.

[Gene Eric]

Another example of why he lost to McCain.

Go GOP! /s

[Reagan Man]

First Romney opposed Reaganism and the Contract With America. Then he pushed RomneyCare into law, mandating and subsidizing health care.

Romney's nothing but an unprincipled, two-faced chameleon.

[rintense]

Oh but Mitt is such a wonderful family man!!!

Mitt, stfu and let someone else lead who knows what the hell she's talking about.

[MaestroLC]

Good indication of what Romney would be like as a president.

Bipartisan is code for Republican sell-out. And Romneycare is a disaster.

I vote "no confidence" on Mitt Romney. He capitulates to the left too often. He should not be the Republican candidate to face Obama in 2012.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Politico is carrying Mitt’s water I see

[adm5]

Bye bye, Mitt.

We hardly knew ye.

[RJL]

...attacks on the Massachusetts plan from Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, appear to have prompted Mitt Romney to launch a defense of his legacy in that state...

Romney has his RomneyCare and Tim Pawlenty is a Cap & Trader (Ration & Tax).

No Thanks to both.