Thanks.
And yes, I know Perry has already hit RomneyCare, but I think what Mitt was hoping for was some kind of gentlemanly quid-pro-quo in a future debate, in which Rick might say to someone attacking Mitt on RomneyCare something like “he probably would have done it differently if he had the chance”.
I don’t think Rick’s going to do that and not because he’s not “gentlemanly” but because Rick Perry probably (and rightly) thinks that he owes his first allegiance to the truth, not to some “gentleman’s agreement” that he didn’t even enter into in the first place.
I think Mitt was saying, with a wink and a nod, “c’mon, I’m doing this for you, you can do something like it for me some time, ok buddy.”
And Rick Perry was probably thinking, I’m not your buddy, friend. (To which Michelle was probably thinking, he’s not your friend, guy!)
Ah... to be a fly on the wall.