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>> how does it not look like the tail is wagging the dog on health care? >> the challenge is the fact that the supreme court came out with the ruling that it's the tax. the democrats don't want to rule on the idea that they imposed a tax. they want us to embrace the constitutionality of it while ignoring the rest of it. it's a tax and a penalty and hard to communicate that to a lot of people who were not mired in health care. this is not a problem for the romney campaign. this gives them an excellent opportunity to hit this president for going back on the promises he made. he said he wouldn't ...

Recoiled. now it's the tail wagging the dog that mitt romney has to explain himself when he had the guy who created the echa sketch for the campaign to say they agreed with the president. >> well, i actually think as we sit several months before an election, what the american people are paying attention to right now is the fact that the supreme court of the united states ruled president obama's signature pieces of legislation a tax. when the president went out and sold it to the american people in 2009 saying it was not a tax and sent his own solicitor general saying it is a tax and now i thin...

He is not ready to slap the same label on his blueprint for massachusetts. take a look. >> six years ago, mitt romney agreed that we should take on rising cost and provide health care to people. he included a penalty and a mandate in his legislation in massachusetts and said his legislation should serve as a national model. six years later he doesn't believe those things. >> kirstin, it's nice to see you. i want to start with your reaction to ben and the mixed messaging that people have been working starting from eric to mitt romney giving the interview about what he feels about the penalty be...

The president's campaign kicking off this critical final stretch with a new ad blitz in nine key battleground states laying out the obama case for re-election. >> instead of losing jobs we're creating them. over 4.2 million so far. we're not there yet. it's still too hard for too many. but we're coming back. >> two new polls off today. voters in swing states. "usa today" has the president leading by two points within the margin of error. politico has romney leading by one point. again, that is also within the margin of error. joining me this morning is ben le bolt national press secretary for ...

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