for pete's sake, he gave us romneycare. the inspiration for obamacare!l repeal and replace! >> with more romneycare! >> which he leaves that up to individual states! and i'm sure mississippi will step right up to the plate. [ laughter ] >> he's looking out for the middle class. >> he's promising a 20% tax cut for the top 1%. >> he's also promising to close their tax loop holes, so they'll still pay the same amount. >> then why cut their taxes? [ laughter ] >> i don't know. but i just don't see how a guy can change his beliefs overnight and still come off as creditable in a debate. >> oh, it's easy. here, let's switch sides. >> uhh...ok. [ laughter ] >> so now you're me. and i'll pretend to be you. i have postulated the theory mitt romney is a secret centrist pretending to be a conservative posing as a moderate. ipso facto, i yield the floor. -- i yield the remainder of my time. [ laughter ] now you do me. >> myah, see, myahh. i know that romney's embrace of moderation is merely a cover for actually being the ultra conservative he was in the primaries. my

us. what was it intended to do? >> guest: the law -- romneycaremassachusetts call it -- it's basically a two-part process. the first part is to get people insurance coverage. the second part, which is happening now in massachusetts, is to lower health care costs. what romneycare did was say, look, we got all of these people who are getting hurt or are ill and not treating illnesses because they don't have health insurance, and hospitals are required to care for them, and ultimately, we, as taxpayers, pay that money. romneycare upended the process and said we're going to take steps so that everyone gets health insurance. a, people, maybe a diabetic with complications from diabetes, can routinely go see a primary care physician instead of waiting for a massive flair up, going to the emergency room, and the hospital bill is out of sight. the other thing is in massachusetts and most other states, let's say you have a roofer who works for himself, doesn't have health insurance, roofing a house, falls off the home and breaks his back. he's in the hospit

. >> romney: obamacare is on my list, i use that term with all respect -- >> obama: i like it. >> stephanie: or just call it romneycaret's inconvenient. ronda in chico, california. even the unnecessary abortions that doctors perform on people that aren't pregnant. >> what? >> stephanie: hi ronda. >> caller: this is ronda from chico, and i have a partner who is a wonderful woman, she is a nurse, and yes i'm a lesbian, oh, my god -- and she so loves you. there are times when we'll be doing something, and it's like i can't talk right now i'm watching stephanie. and i'm like oh my god. so it's so awesome to finally meet the other woman. >> stephanie: yeah, take that. go ahead. >> caller: what i think about the debate in a nutshell i agree with chris matthews. but i'll share it ronda style. jim lehrer was a whimp, mitt romney was a bully, and obama needs to step it up. he needs to say in his debates what he pays for in his ads. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: you can be classy and presidential, but it's a fight -- >> stephanie: yeah got to bring it. can't bring a knife to a gun fight something like that. >> yep. >> stephanie