[COgamer]

“Romney is absolutely unacceptable, while Gingrich can be kept in line. I’ll take Newt.”

I agree with you about Romney, but I can’t think of one person who has ever been able to keep Gingrich in line. Not even his wives.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

At the risk of being zotted, I don't care all that much about RomneyCare or Gingrich's position on it. Neither is running for Governor, where a state-based plan would be relevant. The issue for Presidential candidates is the validity of the federal-based ObamaCare, which both of them are on record as opposing.

Both of them can credibly take the position of saying that any health-care plan, and especially any health-care mandate, must be state-based. A federalism argument may seem a copout to some, but the truth is that it can be made pretty clearly and convincingly in this case.

Obviously, I'd prefer if neither of them was ever on record as supporting a mandate on any level, and were pushing for reforms more along what Indiana has done. But the truth is that in a general election, saying this should be an issue that states and local people should decide for themselves is a still a winner, both in substance and politically.