Teflon Romney?

Published September 13, 2011 2:17am ET



At Monday night’s GOP debate in Tampa, Mitt Romney continued to defend the health care law he signed as governor of Massachusetts while insisting that Barack Obama’s signature Obamacare law ought to be repealed. Romney contrasted his “Romneycare” plan with the president’s law as best as he could.

“If you think what we did in Massachusetts and what President Obama did are the same, boy, take a closer look,” he said. In addition to repealing Obamacare, Romney said he would also “direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states” on his first day in office.

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