The Pause That Refreshes

Refreshes the reminder that Mitt Romney should really keep his mouth shut on health care issues, that is.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is calling on President Barack Obama to "press the pause button" on the federal health care overhaul in the wake of a judge's decision declaring it unconstitutional.

Romney tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that "we don't need the government imposing a one-size-fits-all system" on the states.

Romney acknowledged that his own health care law in Massachusetts contained the same kind of individual insurance mandate that a judge in Florida found unconstitutional in the federal law, but says he isn't apologizing for it. Romney, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, sought to make a distinction between the options that a state might choose under the 10th Amendment compared with Washington deciding the policy for all states in a single legislative act. 

See, so states can do it, but if the federal government tries to do it, we must gather in the streets or something. Sure Mitt, that makes tons of sense if you believe there's no sovereign federal control over states and we're fifty separate entities, and not the United States of America.

Yeah, see, that distinction won't fool his political opponents for a millisecond.