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- October 19, 2011
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Former Governor Mitt Romney came under attack for his health care overhaul in Massachusetts during the last half of the first segment of Tuesday night’s CNN debate. It was by far the toughest questioning he’s faced from his fellow candidates during any of the nine debates that have occurred so far.
Former Penn. Sen. Rick Santorum opened the brutal exchange by going after Romeny, unprovoked. He openly said that Romney has ‘no credibility’ in claiming that he wants to repeal Pres. Obama’s health plan, the Affordable Care Act, given that his Massachusetts legislation has been cited as the blueprint for it.
In open response, Romney began to discuss what he wrote in his 2010 book, “No Apology,” about Obama’s health law. That caught the attention of another candidate, who seized on changes made to Romney’s book between the hardcover and paperback versions.
“You took it out of your book,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry interjected.
But Santorum didn’t want to defer to Perry, and he kept attacking Romney.
“What you did is exactly what Barack Obama did,” he said, adding that the law has “blown a hole in the budget” in Massachusetts.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) chimed in with what was perhaps a more nuanced criticism, at moderator Anderson Cooper’s invitation. He said Romney’s plan “is not Obamacare” but is “top-down” instead of “bottom-up.”
“There’s a lot of big government behind Romneycare, not as much as Obamacare, but a heckuva lot more than your campaign is admitting,” Gingrich said.
Romney shot back: “Actually, Newt, we got the idea of an individual mandate from you.”
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