The GOP Debate and Obamacare

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Fifteen minutes into last night’s Republican presidential debate, Michele Bachmann became the first candidate to mention and attack Obamacare. She did so after five other debaters had already spoken, and in response to a question that didn’t explicitly reference the overhaul — thereby immediately establishing repeal as her top priority.

Shortly thereafter, Mitt Romney repeated a claim he made during Monday’s presidential forum, saying, “In our state, our plan covered 8 percent of the people, the uninsured. His [President Obama’s] plan is taking over 100 percent of the people.” But in fact, Romney’s health care overhaul (and the individual mandate at its core) applies to 100 percent of Massachusetts residents, not 8 percent. 

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