Yes, but Newt has only recently backed away, which makes me think that he’s only done it because he thinks it benefits him politically. It’s the same kind of flip-flopping that we skewered Kerry for.
Can you come up with a date for when Newt last cheered for any kind of Obamacare like plan? I think that died the death when Hillarycare, as it would have been, underwhelmed a Republican Congress.