“I’m happy to stand by the things that I believe. I’m not going to change my positions by virtue of being in a presidential campaign,” Romney said. “What we did was right for the people of Massachusetts, the plan is still favored there by three to one, and it is fundamentally a conservative principle to insist that people take personal responsibility as opposed to turning to government for giving out free care.”
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On Tuesday, Romney and rival Newt Gingrich jabbed at each other over the matter after the Wall Street Journal uncovered a memo from 2006 in which Gingrich said he “agreed entirely” with Romney’s healthcare bill.
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