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Romney Now Says Health Mandate by Obama Is a Tax

Flip-Flopping Romney

Mr. Romney's remarks, made in a hastily arranged interview with CBS News on a national holiday, prompted renewed criticisms that he was willing to adjust his views for political expediency. Two days earlier, his chief spokesman and senior strategist had said that Mr. Romney did not believe the mandate should be called a tax.

Senh: Wow, that was fast. Just a couple days ago, Romney said it was a penalty.

 

Romney, Obama Agree: Health-Mandate Penalty Isn't a Tax

Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney's campaign is aligning itself with President Barack Obama—and breaking from Republican leaders—by saying the government will be imposing a penalty, not a tax, on people who don't buy insurance as required by the new health-care law. The break from his Republican allies illustrates the difficulty the presumptive GOP presidential nominee faces in criticizing the president for a national health-care law that resembles the one Mr. Romney signed as Massachusetts governor. Both laws include a requirement that most individuals buy insurance coverage.

 

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