Mitt Romney delivered a highly anticipated speech on health-care reform Thursday, seeking to differentiate the plan he instituted as Massachusetts governor from the reform bill passed by Congress in 2009. Romney, who's thought to be the frontrunner for the 2012 Gop nomination, has been dogged by calls to disown his plan, but he said in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that he wouldn't do that: "I, in fact, did what I felt was right for the people of my state." But Romney also strived to differentiate his plan from the national plan, which President Obama has said was modeled on Romney's.
McKay Coppins on why Romney is embracing his inner elitist. Plus, Romney explains RomneyCare to Newsweek's Andrew Romano.
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When Mitt Romney took the stage Thursday afternoon to deliver his high-stakes health-care speech, the prospective presidential candidate wasn't really railing against individual mandates,...
McKay Coppins on why Romney is embracing his inner elitist. Plus, Romney explains RomneyCare to Newsweek's Andrew Romano.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Should We Hit Gaddafi Next?
When Mitt Romney took the stage Thursday afternoon to deliver his high-stakes health-care speech, the prospective presidential candidate wasn't really railing against individual mandates,...
- 5/12/2011
- by McKay Coppins
- The Daily Beast
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