Phil, don't get me wrong. I think the "one size fits all"
critique is a much better one for Romney. Better because it's true
and better because it's not a flip flop from earlier comments. But
clearly early in the week there was much geshrying and a public
pronouncement from camp Romney about the evils of socialized
HillaryCare. Once press reports started pointing out that there
isn't a heck of a lot philosophically separating the two, the "it's
evil socialism" attack pretty much disappeared. Maybe he should do
what Thompson did on No Child Left Behind (and to some degree on
McCain Feingold)--just say it (Commonwealth Care) didn't work out
as planned. That also would ring true since, as you and other have
pointed out, health insurance costs turned out to be much higher
and sign up rates for coverage much lower than Romney and
supporters of his plan anticipated.
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