U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced in a television interview Sunday that he would keep parts of President Barack Obama’s national healthcare law, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” if elected to the White House.
The aspects of Obamacare that Romney said he would keep in place were that “those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage” and “to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might like.”
It is interesting to see a presidential candidate deviate from his or her party platform. Most likely, Romney made this announcement in an attempt to win the swing states.
Around this time, aren’t Republican candidates typically shifting farther and farther to the right? When 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain entered the scene, he was quite liberal. Over time, his platform became more and more conservative.
Romney, though, is doing the opposite. It is interesting to see a Republican candidate, who started out as more liberal and shifted to the right, move away from very conservative values and toward more liberal ones.
Then again, until a few weeks ago Romney was still vying for the Republican nomination. Now that he’s going for a national spot, perhaps he has realized just how hard it would be to campaign against a law that is so monumental, especially in light of the Supreme Court’s historical ruling on Obamacare in late June.
Perhaps he is just playing into the mentality of “What can I work with from here?” It will be interesting to see how the public responds to Romney’s political pitch, considering he has already been labeled as a candidate who tends to flip-flop.
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