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>> i want to talk about one of the perhaps most controversial aspects that you bring to the race, the massachusetts health care plan that you led and supported. a lot of criticism for it that it really the birth of obama care and we had this sound bite from jay carney this week and let's listen to it and let you respond. the former governor of massachusetts said the other day, the idea for a health care plan was not mine alone. a conservative think tank, i'm told that newt gingrich, i'm told come up with a conservative idea that say, you know what, people have a responsibility for caring for t...

Will be three weeks, between the we'll turn our attention to two different things. wins what everybody reports in terms of money, that's going to be a major how well they're doing, and second of all whether or not anybody gives a substantive policy speech between now and the next debate that draws attention. back-and-forth of the day and day, and the only way that herman cain can affect his mistake, which i'm sure he won't make. >> greta: meanwhile while the attention is on the bad performance by governor perry and the surge by mr. herman cain, it seems like one of the people that has avoided ...

Pawlenty three or four years ago was saying pretty much the same thing, he was open to the idea of the individual mandate. the history of that suggests the individual mandate was pretty much a conservative idea. as recently as 15 years ago in the united states congress, you had a fair number of republicans in the senate like bob dole, orrin hatch, saying you know what, if we're doing health care reform, do it with the individual mandate. it speaks to the season we're in right now, which every republican needs to appeal to the base of the party, which is convinced the worst thing that ever happ...

Obama care, mitt romney last week and newt gingrich, we haven't spoken about, not quite sure where to put him, both said the individual mandate makes sense as a matter of being the sennial premise of health care. what do you make of that, steve? >> also news today that tim pawlenty three or four years ago was saying pretty much the same thing, he was open to the idea of the individual mandate. the history of that suggests the individual mandate was pretty much a conservative idea. as recently as 15 years ago in the united states congress, you had a fair number of republicans in the senate like...

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