Last night, Mitt Romney suddenly embraced Massachusetts’ health care law, a topic he’s previously left in the ditch somewhere along the campaign trail between his time as governor of a moderate state and his decision to be “severely conservative.”
Never mind that Romney and his campaign have recoiled from linking the GOP presidential nominee to his record as governor of Massachusetts, in light of an unearthed video showing Romney write-off 47% of the electorate, chatting about universal health care doesn’t seem too bad. So long as he sounds empathetic.
“I think throughout this campaign as well, we talked about my record in Massachusetts, don’t forget — I got everybody in my state insured,” Romney told NBC’s Ron Allen. “One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance. I don’t think there’s anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record.”
But perhaps there is a record that shows more empathy and care about the people of the country: affordable health care for “100% of kids” in not just Massachusetts, but also for the entire country. It’s called the Affordable Care Act, signed by one President Obama.
It appears that Romney is sprinting away from fears that touting his accomplishment would undermine the GOP’s message to “repeal and replace” every inch of Obamacare. After all, Massachusetts’ universal health care law was used as the foundation of Obama’s own federal law.









