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In a surprising move, Mitt Romney seemingly took credit on Friday for inspiring the Affordable Care Act -- after famously running as the 2012 Republican nominee on a platform of repealing the law. Romney championed and signed a comprehensive health care law in Massachusetts when he was governor. Known as "Romneycare," it had strong similarities with Obamacare, including a mandate to purchase insurance, but he had long resisted comparisons between the two. In a Boston Globe obituary of Staples founder and longtime Romney backer Thomas Stemberg, however, the former Republican nominee finally embraced the connection. Read More |