The Republican presidential nomination debate featured a question about the new health law. The candidates pledged to repeal it and Mitt Romney defended a health law he signed while governor of Massachusetts. Former Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty made news when he backed away from confronting Romney on the Massachusetts plan.
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