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Obamacare will severely impact the quality of health care for the american people. and it will be repealed. >> sean: what about the mandate aspect of this? the constitutionality of it, government mandating health care has been a big issue. in romneycare bill, it was mandated. there was a state mandate. what is the distinction considering republicans arguing wait a minute there's no constitutional authority to put a mandate on people that they must have insurance? >> federal constitution does not allow for man days to be provided by the government. state constitutions have mandates of many kind...

Federal plan. the principle that people are are concerned about is that he supported an individual mandate. is at the going to sit there and say i defend the principle of an independent mandate? >> the question is how is it that you decided to drive down costs and provide more access in your particular state. so an individual mandate was the best way to reach that with a unique healthcare population in massachusetts. unique population of 7 million. the mistake where the obama plan went wrong they tried to apply state mandate to federal. i think you have to move on to a healthcare debate, where...

Federal plan. the principle that people are are concerned about is that he supported an individual mandate. is at the going to sit there and say i defend the principle of an independent mandate? >> the question is how is it that you decided to drive down costs and provide more access in your particular state. so an individual mandate was the best way to reach that with a unique healthcare population in massachusetts. unique population of 7 million. the mistake where the obama plan went wrong they tried to apply state mandate to federal. i think you have to move on to a healthcare debate, where...

Spokesm spokesman eric fehrnstrum said, quote, mitt romney is proud of what he accomplished for massachusetts in getting everyone çcovered. what's important now is to return to the states the power to determine their own health care solutions by repeeling obamacare. >> sarah palin's people piled on on twitter saying, you know, romney is so proud of romneycare. >> proud, right. >> we talked about this today, that yes, there is kind of a first rights state defense that romney has, but as the tea party has that libertarian influence, people don't like romneycare of any kind whether it's a state...

The senator now says he's willing to pay any massachusetts taxes if the state determines he actually owes any. next, $400,000. that's how much taxpayers money will be spent to renovate this lifeguard station in florida. a state mandate requires the renovations include a wheelchair lift. wow. finally, $11 million. that's how much the real housewives of new jersey star theresa judice is in debt. and to pay it off, the housewife is trying to sell everything from her kid's dead and toys to her own wedding ring. good luck. gretchen? >> thanks, peter. the war on ladies night heating up. the minnesot...