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The 2nd Bondi/Fox interview was not only remarkable for what she said -- that states are supposed to take care of their citizens by forcing them to buy insurance -- but it was just as remarkable in what she didn't say. She couldn't answer the question ("What's the difference between federal vs. state mandates?").

They asked it over and over, but she was obviously hoping that if she kept talking over them, they would quit asking. They didn't, much to their credit.

IMO, Pam Bondi is a rookie (i.e., unpolished) at poli-speak obfuscation, and this interview displayed that for all to see. Romney's people need to shut her up -- she just compounded her first Freudian slip from Greta's show.

So, my inquisitive mind is wondering:

1. Was Bondi's Friday bombshell a planned thing? It was timed to be after the last FL debate but before the vote, so it's too late for Newt to back Romney into a corner publicly to confront him for clarification. What ARE Mitt's future plans, exactly? Apparently he would "encourage" individual states to implement RomneyCare under the guise of "States Rights." In my own world, what kind of federal funding would Texas lose when Perry tells a President Romney to stick it in his ear?

2. Or, more likely, was it simply a case of an over-enthusiastic Bimbo Bondi inadvertently letting it slip that Romney has no intention of getting rid of ObamaCare -- he just wants to tweak it -- and she has grandiose images of being named our new National HealthCare Czar.

Either way, the end result would be the same.