the state of massachusetts got underway. nd they tightened the rules and the laws on disproportionate share. they want to take money saving on the disproportionate share and use it for healthcare. that is how the state of massachusetts was able to get that money. >> all right. for lack of better words, but kind of, is it fair to say that going back to 1997, that massachusetts had sort of a special deal? from -- no? >> no. >> greta: going back to '97? >> i would say at that time from 1997, up until about 2004, i would say about 22 states had the same deal. >> greta: all right. so then, senator -- >> i'm not sure on that. >> greta: give -- >> it was two dozen states. >> greta: the reason i am asking is as i see it, this decision was very influential. the decision that you made with senator kennedy. and governor romney at the time. was instrumental in massachusetts being able to do their healthcare reform. is that -- you agree? >> correct. >> greta: that money they used was money that they had saved, with the federal funds so th

in part the letter to the massachusetts legislature reads the undersigned officers of the troops of massachusetts in the names of our own names and the names of the brethren in the field declare that we highly respect and approve the new constitution of the commonwealth of massachusetts. it goes on with paragraphs of praise and then it predicts we form the most auspicious omens of its free operation and prosperity, and those omens came true. the massachusetts constitution served as probably the most important model to the federal constitution and today is the oldest constitution in the western world. and think to the entire world for that matter. but the letter from these soldiers turned from praise to plea. the soldiers reminded the leverage late your that they were still at war and that the liberties promised in the new constitution of 1780s would be meaningless without support for the troops who were fighting for our freedoms. if only the legislators would carry into immediate effect the resolutions of congress, the enemy will be deprived of their only well grounded hope of conquest. it seems

the old world was or action was. people were leaving massachusetts to go back to london to participate in the english revolution he made several trips back to london and spent several years there. he succeeded brilliantly. he won leal charters for his colony by winning the protection of cromwell who had known for 20 plus years and was quite influential. cromwell was the one person that massachusetts was afraid of. the back of canal was the end of it. more importantly williams and what made him a major figure was that he became a huge figure in revolutionary london. this is the time referred to as the world turned upside down. europe had been alive. there is no king. everything seemed possible. there was this whole fix, and he arrived in london having on board ship while traveling and had to go to new amsterdam. only a few miles away. he had been banished. he wrote a book called the key to language of america. a brilliant anthropological study. many books and indians. this is by far the best. actually, i think tom can give you a copy. anyway, no longe

now we come to the governor of massachusetts. e had greatness, he was as one of his critics said a man of men. at the same time his greatness lead in that he exemplified the absolute best of today's values. he was sort of an avatar of the conventional wisdom. he was entirely constructive and not destructive but there was absolutely nothing original about him. to give you a sense of how important christ was to him and perhaps to most if not all puritans, i want to read from his private journal. he wrote of, quote, the most sweet love of my husband, christ jesus. he spoke of the eighth marriage chamber how was i rightist with his loved that with the kisses of his mouth leaps within me joy when i hear the voice of my lord, my love. for someone with this kind of passion for christ, it wouldn't be surprising that he and those who were accompanying him to america were determined to build the new jerusalem, the new city of god. god informed every aspect of their life in massachusetts, even in their legal code red -- read like it did come

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i want to -- i'm happy to yield to the gentleman from florida or anybody if they can explain to me what's happening. i got an email from the rules committee saying the meeting on the transportation bill that was scheduled for 2:00 today to deal with the hundreds of amendments that members have offered has now been postponed subject to the call of the chair. i wonder if my friend from florida, somebody could tell me whether they have any idea why that meeting was canceled and when it's going to be rescheduled. i yield to the gentleman. mr. webster: the answer to that question is that this difference from the last congress, this congress allows amendments to bills, lots of them and there have been a huge number of amendments. it will take time to make sure it's germane. the meeting is coming. mr. mcgovern: i say to the gentleman, from my understanding there has been a cutoff for amendments, that people can't continue to -- file amendments as we speak. is the gent

well, the virginians say if they can do that to massachusetts, they can do that to us. now, if the economic is the fear of power, of sovereignty, it's a complicated the issue. i don't think you can measure it in terms of well, they're going to lose some money. there was much more fear of what an alien force, 3,000 miles away, could do to them. i think it's a fear of power. >> would our representation in the british parliament have alleviated that? >> yeah, some people proposed that. i think the americans would not -- they figure they would have been manipulated. that was called the scottish solution, because the scots had been given 100 members in 1707. we weren't going to buy into that because they had already about 560 or 580 members. it's a huge house of commons. bigger than our house today. and we would have been diluted. but i think the canadian point, you have to understand, the canadians are a bunch of loyalists. the loyalists went up there. think about this. if you want to know the difference between canada and the united states, what's our trilogy? life, liberty

that is skewed the risk pool and also drove up premiums for everyone else in massachusetts. f 8% to 10% a year, the escalation of our health insurance premiums, threatened to cripple our system. in massachusetts, there was a broad coalition of stakeholders that wanted to solve the problem. that included political leaders from both sides of the table. if you remember the picture of the signing, there was governor romney with senator ted kennedy. we had our labor unions and business hospitals and health insurers not for profits and for profits, and business and consumer groups ready to say this is a problem we all have an interest in tackling, and we are going to do it. the importance of this coalition cannot be understated in solving this problem, and particularly the support of the boston chamber of commerce. it is important to know we purposely did this in two stages. we will get everybody covered first, and then we will tackle cost. the second phase of that is still ongoing. happy to answer questions about this. i am limited to 15 minutes. it is important to understand what

as bob mentioned for some time, i was the director of the massachusetts historical society. and on occasion i would wander through the shelves and stacks, i had the keys to everything, and just browse in this incredible archive. an in that incredible archive, carefully preserved in a lovely red, leather binder is the speech that washington took from his pocket on the 15th of march, 1783. in his own hand. in his own hand. was the speech. that of course was the event that prompted me to want to write about this event. so washington lays out his papers and says to the officers, " "gentlemen, you must excuse me, the meeting is so important i committed my thoughts to paper." he then began to address them. it was a short speech, not more than 8 to 10 minutes. gentlemen, by an anonymous summons an attempt has been made to convene you together how inconsistent with the rules of propriety, how unmoment and sub veer receive of order and discipline, let the good sense of the army decide and then he few more remarks. thus much, gentlemen, i have thought it incumbent on me to observe to y

the former massachusetts governor gets all 50 delegates for the sunshine state. he focused much of his his victory speech on president obama. >> three years ago this week a newly a leaked president obama faced american people and said if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition and we're here collect. >> it is now clear it will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. thank you. south the former massachusetts governor is getting secret service protection beginning today and an official says he met all of the requirements for protection. >>> president obama will be in falls church today. he will visit a community center where he will outline a new plan to help homeowners refinance their mortgages. this plan expands one already in place and would also allow homeowners to refinance at lower interest rates including those who owe more than their home is worth. the cost of the program would be covered by a large fee on the banks. >>> the pay freeze for federal w

this was the massachusetts parallel to the a.c.a. individual mandate. the feature that seems to inspire the most venom about the a.c.a. but in 2006 in massachusetts, it looked like a pretty good way to keep government out of health care. how soon we forget. it was only six years ago. it's also notable that governor romney at the time certainly not only thought that that individual mandate was constitutional, he believed it was good public policy. many of us in massachusetts still think that it is. secondly, we demanded responsibility based on the size of the business. if you had 11 or fewer employees, certain things kick in. if you have more than 11, there's other responsibility. third, we expanded our subsidized coverage for our poorest residents and that's how we started to fill in the uninsured gaps. expand coverage for people on one end and make sure those who could afford insurance were buying it. finally, we established our own exchange to assist if implementing the law or commonwealth connector. as we consider the legal issues and the principal l

thereby upgrading the wage valuations for the rest of the hospitals in massachusetts. you all had the opportunity to do that or not do that, why is it that you decided that we should go ahead and do that and decrease the reimbursements for the members of the this committee will cost you $280 million a year for your hospitals that will be going to massachusetts on the basis of one gimmick in the affordable care act. >> i'm sorry, senator, i'm trying to get the details of the act, when you say we have the ability to do it or not do it i'm trying to understand what it is. >> you had ability to grant that waiver or not grant the waiver back to a rural hospital status. you didn't have to. you could have said no, that will disrupt the payments to the rest of the hospitals throughout the country. but you chose to do it anyway. and so the question is we'll take 3.5 billion dollars out of the hospitals from all the rest of the states and transfer it to the highest cost state there is, and on the evaluations in the future, in terms of labor-wage rates we'll protect massachusetts

"washington journal" spoke with the massachusetts attorney general for about 45 minutes. >> we're back with martha coakley, the state attorney general from the state of massachusetts, a democrat and joining us from boston talking about the $25 billion mortgage settlement we heard about last thursday. ms. coakley, let me get into it. first, who will this benefit? >> it's going to benefit, frankly, from my point of view, the whole economy but where it's focused is real relief for two kinds of homeowners who have loans with the five banks that were involved in this particular agreement. those who have been delinquent. they haven't been foreclosed yet and they're behind in payments and they're preforeclosure. and the second group are homeowners who are under water. they have homes that are now worth less on the market than the value of their mortgage. and so they're not in a position to refinance or, indeed, to be able to get out from under that. so those are the two primary sets of homeowners who will be helped. keep in mind, what this does is avoid what we believe are unnecessary foreclo

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions > it is a big night for mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor has won a commanding victory in florida's winner take all presidential primary. good evening, i am gwen ifill and i am judy woodruff in tampa florida, we will have the latest results and analysis thon pbs news hour special report. >> mitt romney is basking in the glow of an easy win in the sunshine state and cruised past newt gingrich in today's presidential primary contest in florida with all but a handful of votes outstanding romney won at least 46 percent of the vote, gingrich had 32 percent, reversing the outcome in the south carolina primary only ten days ago. this evening, romney supporters hit the tampa convention center and took note of the fierce fight that he and gingrich waged in florida. >> primary contests are not easy, and they are not supposed to be. as this primary unfold it is the other party has been watching and they like to comfort themselves with the thought that a executive campaign will leave us divided and weak. but i have got news for them, a competit

the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for such time as me he may consume. mr. markey: the republican slogan was drill here, drill now, pay less. today their slogan is drill here, sell to china, pay more in the united states. if all these terminals get built, the energy department says the price is going to go up by 54% for american consumers rm let me tell you what boone pickens says, he says something that's very, very clear. he says if we do it, if we export natural gas, we're truly going to go down as america's dumbest generation. it's bad public policy to export natural gas. american energy for american jobs. oil and natural gas are not lobsters. they are not toothbrushes. they are the key to our stratenalic protection of our national security. this is a signal to opec that we mean business. we're going to drill for the natural gas, we're going to keep it here and tell them we don't need their oil any more than we need their sand. vote for the markey amendment and keep the

he suggested a closer look at romney's record tells the different story than the one the massachusetts governor has been telling on the trail. >> this is the gotcha politics of mitt romney. ease not interested in talking about the issues, he's interested to pander and make political sauce when there is real substantive issues how to change the government and he's on the wrong side of them. the record of governor is not one he talks about there is a reason for that, for example, look at his request to ted kennedy and john kerry and all the con gresal offices he was forthright about supporting ear marks when they were coming to massachusetts. i'm sure he didn't have any problem in spending his ear marks that were ear marked for programs in massachusetts and spending that money as freely. i know he supported projects like the big dig, the single transportation ear mark in the country. >> as fares a the money race goes, politico reports the santorum campaign raised over $2 million in the 48 hours since his three-state sweep tuesday night. it's a long way to go to catch up to mitt romney's

service services that this rule would provide for women around the country are the same that are provided in massachusetts and were provided under when he was governor. including contraception, and including, you know, covered with no co-pay or deductible. religious exemption for houses of worship and churches and to the church-controlled organizations and to the parochial schools and not the universities and the hospitals. well, this is, i think ironic that mitt romney is expressing or criticizing the president for pursuing a policy that's virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of massachusetts. >> so, does the president agree with rick santorum on the issue then? >> i haven't heard what mr. senator santorum has said on the issue. >> and then one other question on this, sort of speaking to the evangelical support for catholics who are opposed to this. rick warren tweeted that he is in solidaire with the catholics and said that i would go to jail rather than cave in to a government mandate that commands god to command us to do. as you know, he has tons of twitter followers a

. >> this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusettsate. we are going to contest every place, and we are going to win, and we will be in tampa the nominee in august. >> though rick said newt had already blown his chance. >> it didn't work. who became the issue? we can't allow our nominee to be the issue in the campaign. >> ron paul's pitiful numbers didn't seem to effect him at all. >> we will spending our time in the caucus states because if you have an irate minority you do very well in the caucus state. >> the majority or at least the plurality to win an election that and stacks of cash. president obama is in the lead, but that advantage could soon be swamped if it hasn't already by waves of gop fund-raising. the super pacs brought in $51 million in 2011. mitt romney raised $57 million for his campaign and while he spent millions already he also has that fortune of his to spending on the rest of 2012. and then there is the $30 million brought in my restore our future. he received a million dollars from the koch brothers. nearly $400,

the chair will recognize the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mark for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's only to kind of point out that back in 2005 the supreme court brought down a case called kilo versus city of new london. and in that case, the supreme court upheld a local government's use of imminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another to further economic development. now the majority's response was quick and furious. they publicly condemned the decision and brought a resolution to the floor expressing the grave disapproval of the house of representatives regarding the supreme court case. and every republican on this committee who was in congress then supported that resolution. so it's interesting to see that while the republicans believed that this was a critically important federal issue, today they seem happy to allow a foreign corporation to exercise eminent domain. so just want to, you know, make it very clear that it's being noted on our side how this has changed as the circumstances have changed. i yi

as a model, there's 97% of the same structure in the massachusetts plan as in the affordable care act. you know mitt romney never passed health care reform in massachusetts, it would never have happened at the federal level because we used that model. as a basis for moving forward. and so, you know, i think that an instance where -- that's an ince stance where there's a lot of issues at play, romney has 100% shifted, you know, from my point of view, unfortunately, because he did actually accomplish something very significant and very few governors had actually accomplished, he created a universal health care system that people in massachusetts love. the approval ratings on it are 55%, 75%. >> let's just say for a talking point, he wins. and -- does he have the power as president to eliminate obamacare overnight? >> no, no, no. he could -- he would have to pass legislation and, you know, that would mean overcoming a filibuster in the senate, there is difficulty with that. he would as executive have a lot of ability to slow it down or undermine it but he would not

this was the massachusetts parathrole the a.c.a. individual mandate. still think that it is. secondly, we demanded in responsibility based on the size of the business, if you have more than 11, there is other responsibility. we expanded our subsidized coverage and that's how we started to fill in the uninsured gap. we made those those who could afford it were buying it. finally we established our -- a commonwealth connector. as we consider now issues, whether congress had a rational basis to enact the a.c.a. and the individual mandate werks don't need to do that in a vacuum. we can see from the actual experience we had in massachusetts that there is strong support for congress' rational basis and their choice to require an individual mandate. in massachusetts we achieved a dramatic increase to access to health care coverage. the national rate of health coverage is about 15% lower. we see overall economic benefits for state. a sharp decline in spending on care. $300 million, 33% less than we were spending on that in 2006. significantly fewer adults repor

we can see from the experience we have had in massachusetts that there is strong support for the congressional choice to require an individual mandate. in massachusetts, we have achieved a dramatic increase in access to health care coverage. we have the highest health care access rate in the united states, with over 98% of our residents insured. the national rate is about 15 points lower, and there are many states that have a lower injured right. we have seen a sharp decline in the amount of spending on care. we are spending 33% less than in 2006. we have seen improved quality of care and improve care. significantly fewer adults who -- dental care, there has been a reduction in emergency room care. we agree the emergency room is an inefficient and expensive way to provide primary care. we have cut that because of what we have done in massachusetts. and insurance premiums have fallen dramatically for individuals in massachusetts. individual premiums grew 14% nationally from 2006 through thunen 9 areola hours fell. how as we address other cost issues, a cool,, we are looking and transparency and

sec thing, in the affordable care act was a nice little trick that enhances massachusetts to the tune of $3.5 billion over the next ten years at the expense of 48 other states. by what they did with a trick with one hospital, one rural hospital, converting one hospital in the most expensive place to live in massachusetts to a rural hospital, thereby upgrading the wage valuations for the rest of the hospitals in massachusetts. y'all either had the opportunity to either do that or not do that. why is it that you've decided that we should go ahead and do that and decrease the reimbursements -- for the members of the this committee, it's going to cost you $280 million a year for your hospitals that's going to be massachusetts on the basis of this one gimmick in the affordable care act. >> i'm sorry, senator, i'm trying to get the details of the act. when you say, we could do it or don't do it. i'm trying to understand what it is. >> you had the ability to grant that waiver or not grant that waiver back to a rural hospital status. you didn't have to. you could say, no, that will disrupt th

i will share what he said as governor of massachusetts in 2004. " given the decision of the massachusettsudicial court, should we abandon marriage as we know it and as it was known by the framers of our constitution? has america been wrong about marriage for 200 years? where generations that have spent thousands of years from also of a look -- all civilizations -- are they wrong about marriage? are the philosophies of all the world's major religions just simply wrong? is it more likely that more people amongst -- four amongst the seven that sat in massachusetts?" -- i believe that is the case. he went on to say that marriage is not solely for adults. marriages also for children. marriage is principally for the nurturing of children. the children of america have the right to have a father and mother. i know the goodness in the heart of both romneys. mitt meets my tests. he shares the audience. he is confident. he is electable. my fellow conservatives, it is my pleasure to introduce to you, governor mitt romney. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> thank you. great crowd. wow. thank you. please. [app

the study was funded by the massachusetts-based company microchips. the developer of the implantable device. but you know, we have implantable pacemakers, how about implantable medicine delivery devices? >> this is huge. it could possibly change the whole industry. >> reporter: it could. five years away but i'd say worth the wait. >> thank you. >>> you have to see this rescue. a one-month-old puppy was pulled out alive from a sewage drain pipe in cleveland. take a look. it took rescuers two days to save their rottweiler-german shepherd mix. they were finally able to bring him out covered in mud and rushed him to the vet to be treated. >>> we're getting new reports today that suggest that the economy is turning a corner. we'll tell you where and how. plus, the very surprised people who bumped into the first lady today. those stories tonight on the cbs evening news. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and mo

clear that this will be a two person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusettse. >> reporter: rick santorum finished third and says he's the best conservative alternative to romney. ron paul finished fourth but has a strong organization in nevada. i will show you how romney is targeting gingrich by mail there during my next update in about an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c.. >>> stay with ktvu channel 2 for continuing coverage. we will find the latest election headlines. >>> 5:13. some are saying an east bay principal went too far when cheeses penned a six-year-old boy. incident happened two months ago. the boy's parents say their son was approved of inappropriately touching another student while the two were rough housing. the boy now goes to another school. >>> the terms of the clayton valley high school charter conversion will be talked about tonight at the contra costa county board of committee meeting. the school may also be required to conduct a financial review after the first year of operation. county trustees approved the charter proposal

the most conservative. he comes from massachusetts. he was the governor of massachusetts it is a liberal state. ery one of the candidates has issues. every one has baggage. the problem i have is we find it hard as republicans to elect those that become moderate to liberal side of the party. newt gingrich is grass-roots wing. that concerns me. the reality is if we are not all together in november barack obama will win the presidency. >>> rick santorum said tonight in colorado we are not going to win this election if either of these two guys is nominated we will lose let me assure you. th then he went on to talk about the poor comment as a number of places been taken out of context. what person running for presidential office says he doesn't care about the very poor. would any of you say you don't care about the very poor. that is from rick santorum on the stump. >> yes, he is losing to romney. i don't think that was a gap at all what romney said beyond being out of context. most people would listen to that sa and say yeah, we are spending a lot of money on the poor what about the vast suffering m

here for a while and then serve as the governor where i got to know pretty well known by the people in massachusettswrote a couple of box. if someone wants to get to know me better, they can read the book, get to know the people that i interacted with. the people that i have worked with in my business career and then at the olympics, and then at the state of massachusetts, people that are part of my team are supporting me and the endorsers that i have, some of them are dmgs by the way. in this primary, they'll support me. i'm very pleased that the people who know me best are part of my team. they continue working with me over time. someone like beth myers for instance, she was my chief of staff, she continues to work with me on my campaigns. okay, people who know him the best, close to him on a day-to-day best, stay with him and are loyal to him and i'm loc loyal to them. thanks, you guys. thanks, guys. >> some questions by the national press corps following mitt romney in michigan today. publications pointing out the former massachusetts governor trying to down play a victory in his home state. his

jeff is the former assistant attorney general of massachusetts and has been fighting on behalf of people business and the public interest for more than twenty years currently he's the co-founder and general counsel for the organization free speech for people which is a national nonpartisan campaign with the mission of overturning the supreme court's citizens united decision and fighting back against corporate personhood this is a movement that is nearing a tipping point in america as tens of thousands of people rallied in front of court houses across the nation earlier this month on the two year anniversary of the citizens united decision to protest corporate personhood and too much corporate influence in our democracy and it is an issue that comedian stephen colbert has taken to its logical absurdity with his super pac including his most notorious super pac ad about mitt romney the serial killer. i really believe. that. as a result as a result of corporate personhood and the supreme court decisions like citizens united our democracy frankly is in peril and jeff is someone who can help u

. >> and the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment and staff will circulate the amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. the keystone pipeline would carry some of the world's dirtiest oil right through the middle of our country. whether it is the carbon pollution that spews into the skies or the oil spills that could foul our drinking water, there is no dispute that the environmental consequences attached to transcanada pipeline will be grave. but we've been told repeated tla it is worth it. we've been told that pipeline will lower gas prices even though transcanada projects would rise because it can charge more for keystone oil in the gulf than it does in the midwest. we've been told it will create tens of thousands of new jobs even though the number of jobs has been grossly inflated and only about 5,000 or 6,000 temporary construction jobs will be created. in an egregious play on american patriotism and american fears, we have also been told that oil coming from this pipeline would enable us to reduce our d

belt way, 128 in massachusetts, out at the central massachusetts where foreclosuresh as a candidate. scott brown is the flip side of mitt romney. people like him. >> and sort of the -- female candidates in massachusetts have a terrible history of winning elections, a terrible history. >> they do. because there's not been great candidates. >> sure. >> elizabeth warren is really a good candidate. >> scott brown is a great candidate. he has the touch. he can go into south boston and really connect with people. >> yes, he can. >> speaking of great candidates can we talk about our good friend andyrea mitchell and the take on contraception and the old bayer aspirin between the knees, that will live with santorum. i keep going back to santorum and romney, how are you living with either of these in the general election? >> that's the thing. >> it's his guy. >> i think here's why i will pick santorum, not only that one comment is disturbing, the entire interview was odd, and the thing is -- the entire thing, i mean, really. rick santorum's position on contraception. it was un

i'm going to sue for all the plaque folks in the state of massachusetts. s like in the 1760's. to be free. can you imagine? they said wait a minute, we're going to let you and three others be free but we're not going to free all black folks. but that's an idea of our -- how our people at the early yert point used the ideals of the constitution for their freedom. so let me get -- i'm going to stay on my time. stay on my time. i want you all to know shirley and i will have been married 44 years on monday of next week -- friday of next week, and she's the best part of my day. her birthday is monday so only al williams could get us to come up here on a friday or thursday and do this but we are really appreciative to do this. up need three things for a successful life. i'm going to give you some little jewels here. something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. think about it. that's it. you need three things for a successful life. something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to mpltd and shirly fulfills all three and when

we haven't heard from the former massachusetts governor just yet. is the winner apparently of the vote and when he does take to the podium we will bring that to you. let's look at the latest official numbers we have from the election division with 53% reporting, romney has 47%, gingrich has 31%. keep in mind ron paul and santorum didn't campaign there so santorum with 13% and paul with almost 7%. another live picture and that will be different than what we just saww. relooking live at gingrich's head quarters in orlando. he may have lot of the vote today but his supporters haven't given up. you can see the words saying 46 states to go. asked about how long he will stay in the list no matter what happens he said unless romney drops out first. at this point we will go back to romney's campaign headquarters, his wife just stopped speaking. you can see him greeting supporters and waving, a lot of cameras on him right now. this is a big win. it's a winner take all primary here in florida. the polls close here not even a half hour ago and minutes after th

the law did exist before he became governor. if you ask people in massachusetts, they differ on how hard he tried to remove the law. some say he was happy to leave it alone. it's not something he put in place. more than two dozen states have laws requiring insurance cover contraceptives. who is exempt varies. one thing to keep in mind is the federal rule does not affect the services provided by catholic hospitals and doesn't put requirements on doctors or health providers. this is about insurance whether catholics or prod stent hospitals have to cover it. >>> rick santorum gave a speech on health care blasting romney for the plan he got passed in massachusetts. he says it's virtually identical to the federal law, some people call it o bbama care. it is similar. santorum also said that -- >> nothing that romney care did anything like obama care to reduce costs, which is the principle problem. the uninsured went from 92% up to 94%. 2% increase in the number of insured while the cost for the state of massachusetts skyrocketed. they now have costs higher than any sta