Mitt Romney defends Massachusetts health care law in Las Vegas speech

POLITICO.com:
"Romney came to talk about foreign policy. But the crowd wanted to ask him about health care — and Romney's responses left him sounding more like a presidential candidate than at any time since his last campaign ended in 2008.

For weeks, the White House has gleefully pointed out the similarities between the Massachusetts law and the federal law, describing Romney as an inspiration for health care reform. Romney finally struck back Saturday. 'If we get the chance to talk about health care, which would be fun, because he does me great favor by saying I was the inspiration for his plan,' he said. 'If that was the case, why didn't you call me? Why didn't you ask me what was wrong?

'I can't wait to have those conversations and I'll take it to him,' Romney added."