Romney Says Obama’s Health Care Law Should Be Repealed

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Source: The New York Times

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mitt Romney came to Michigan on Thursday to tackle the single biggest liability in the early stages of his Republican presidential bid — the health care overhaul he enacted as the Massachusetts governor five years ago — by calling for a repeal of the national health care law President Obama signed last year.

But even before he set foot in town, he faced fresh questions from conservatives about the many similarities between the law he once championed for his home state and the national one that is now a central component of the Republican argument against Mr. Obama.

The latest rebuke came hours before his speech from an influential referee in Republican politics, The Wall Street Journal editorial page, which wrote that Mr. Romney was “compromised and not credible” on the central campaign question of Mr. Obama’s health policies.

Mr. Romney’s address here, his aides said, had been intended to help him move past such criticisms before the campaign engages in earnest and focus instead on his own proposals to enact a “free market” approach that could replace that of the president and Congressional Democrats.

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