Romney is not in any pickle and since the Supreme Court has endorsed the public mandate, Romney should stand behind it, but limit it to a minimum coverage and dump the rest of the Obamacare entitlement. There is nothing in the mandate that dictates the rest of the Obamacare bill.
So, let the mandate stand, limit it to a minimum of coverage and dump the rest of the entitlement, the other 2,700 pages.