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5:37 PM PT: Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney wouldn't be able to make the case against Obamacare because he's the Father of Obamacare. Then he says Newt was for a mandate, but added the caveat that he wasn't merely for it in the 1990s when the Heritage Foundation was for it. (Santorum has to say that, because like Newt, he supported a mandate back then.)
5:39 PM PT: The Father of Obamacare is talking about how proud he is to be the Father of Obamacare, and how his experience as the Father of Obamacare will give him the stature a president needs to repeal it.
5:39 PM PT: Rick Santorum really needs to stop saying "bottom up."
5:43 PM PT: Now it's Ron Paul's turn to talk health care reform. Can we get a crowd cheer for letting uninsured people die, please?
5:45 PM PT: Ron Paul sure has some big ass eyebrows. And they are very dark. And totally not lined up.
5:45 PM PT: Commercial break. Ha -- and Newt Gingrich released his tax returns DURING the debate. Brilliant move. Great way to put Romney on the spot.
5:51 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): The liveblogging continues in the next thread.