Santorum was never for a healthcare mandate, and both Romney and Gingrich were. That’s on record.
Maybe it’s Newt who was secretly trying to sneak in that “Catholic” “social justice” by his former (flip flop) support of the mandate.
Newt had no power when he expressed interest in checking out romney care. When he had power he was an excellent conservative leader and fought off liberal efforts to socialize medicine.
Rick, on the other hand, not so much conservative leadership record given his Union (socialists) problem. But Rick does support life and that puts him way ahead of kill’em Mittens. I would have voted for Rick had he won the primary.