How Rick Santorum Nailed Mitt on Romneycare

thedailybeast.com — Remember Tim Pawlenty, the corn-pone-ish ex–Minnesota governor who surely wishes he hadn’t dropped out of the presidential race when he did? Remember his coinage “Obamneycare,” which he used in debates starting last June? Of course you remember. And if you don’t, I would expect and hope that this fall, the Obama campaign will start reminding you, because a moment in Thursday night’s debate brought into stark relief just how the issue of health care — which on paper ought to be an absolutely galvanizing issue for conservative voters this November — could instead damage for Mitt Romney this fall. The moment was, of course, the exchange between Rick Santorum and Romney when Santorum was aggressively challenging Romney about health care.

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