Ron Paul is bashing RomneyCare to raise money
Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani might not agree on much when it comes to foreign policy, but when it comes to attacking Mitt Romney's
support for an individual health insurance mandate, they couldn't agree more.
As Dave Weigel reports, Ron Paul is using his opposition to RomneyCare as the theme for his most recent moneybomb fundraising campaign. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani went up to New Hampshire where he attacked Romney for his health care plan despite not (yet?) being an announced candidate:
On a visit to the crucial primary state of New Hampshire, the former New York mayor took dead aim at Mitt Romney for his Massachusetts health care law, calling on him to apologize to America for inspiring President Obama's own reforms.
"[Romney] can't talk his way out of this," Giuliani told the New Hampshire Union Leader. "A mandate is a mandate is a mandate is a mandate is mandate. Let's get real."
According to Giuliani, Romney has "taken away people's freedom" with his requirement that Massachusetts residents purchase health insurance, and his failure to admit it was a mistake is damaging to the party.
"[It] hurts us in being able to overthrow 'Obamacare.' In a general election, that would be a very big issue," he said.
Like Sarah Palin, who also has blasted Romney's health reform plan, neither Paul nor Giuliani appear to have a record of supporting the individual mandate, though I wouldn't rule out somebody digging something up on Giuliani. In addition to Romney, John Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, and Newt Gingrich have all either supported or expressed willingness to support an individual mandate.