is a succinct put-down of the Republican candidate's flip-flops on a key issue of this campaign. He begins simply enough:
I’m trying to figure out just where Mitt Romney stands on health-care reform. Obviously, so is Mitt Romney.
The Pulitzer Prize winner then recapitulates events beginning with Romney's remarks last Sunday on Meet the Press, in
this Washington Post op ed, which I not only urge you to read, but to pass on.
He wondered if his ears had deceived him in listening to Romney's remarks, knowing - as surely the former Governor does, that it is the individual mandate that makes financially possible the rest of the Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare."
After recounting the flip-flop courtesy of an aide, Robinson tells us succintly
My advice is that before making a serious attempt to understand what Romney might actually do, make sure your health-insurance policy covers whiplash.
OUCH!
There is some more analysis, including telling us that the phrase "Romney panders" is now so familiar that it should hardly qualify as news.
Then in his close Robinson puts the nail into the political coffin he is constructing around Romnye:
But health care is no ordinary issue. Bringing universal health-insurance coverage to the citizens of Massachusetts — via the individual mandate — was Romney’s greatest accomplishment as governor. This is subject matter he truly understands.
He knows full well that if he fulfills his promises, or threats, regarding Obamacare, there won’t be any affordable coverage for people with preexisting conditions. He knows that if he follows through on Medicare and Medicaid, seniors will have to pay more for their care and many poor Americans won’t receive adequate care at all.
No wonder Romney has so much trouble sticking to a consistent story.
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