It's easy--"The people of Massachusetts wanted this program, and the states are the rightful place for experiments of this sort, useful as a laboratory for the rest of the country to watch and learn. But, to reiterate--the people wanted it, voted for it. I didn't force it upon them in the dark Christmas midnight over the screaming howls of protest like Obamacare, but in the light of day. It was part of the democratic process, for good or ill."
“the people wanted it, voted for it. I didn’t force it upon them in the dark Christmas midnight over the screaming howls of protest like Obamacare, but in the light of day”
In truth, he pushed for it, but what he pushed for and what he got were 2 very different things. http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/04/12/how-deval-patrick-gutted-romneycares-market-oriented-reforms