It’s not just Romney’s ballot box foes who are taking him to task over his signature accomplishment as governor. His health care program has been lacerated by prominent conservative bloggers and also by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and National Review, the conservative magazine that endorsed him in the 2008 GOP presidential primary.

“It’s Obamacare with the public option not included,” said Michael Tanner of the libertarian-oriented Cato Institute. “It’s pretty indistinguishable from what the president is proposing.”…

Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government, said that Romney’s presidential campaign “never took off in ‘08 and won’t take off in ’12 because of the inherent contradictions in the man. How could he take a firm stand on health care with what he did in Massachusetts?”