So what does Mitt Romney think of the fact that President Obama has publicly cited him as a source for ideas on the newly-passed health care bill — a bill that has been fiercely criticized by Republicans of all stripes, including Romney himself?
When asked for comment, Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom told TPMDC that Romney does like something about the Obama plan — but there are other things he doesn’t like at all.
“Governor Romney likes the idea of exchanges where people can shop for affordable private policies. That was part of his Massachusetts plan,” Fehrnstrom said. “What he doesn’t like are the massive new tax increases, the cuts in senior care, the insurance price controls and the overreaching hand of the federal government. That was not part of the Romney plan.”
In an interview aired yesterday on the Today show, Obama said: “I think that’s unfortunate because when you actually look at the bill itself, it incorporates all sorts of Republican ideas. I mean a lot of commentators have said, you know, this is sort of similar to the bill that Mitt Romney, the Republican Governor and now presidential candidate, passed in Massachusetts.”
