Santorum hits Romney over health care - "Ultimately, it's a failure...need a principled conservatve"

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Haha... This is going to be fun to watch.

Santorum hits Romney over health care

(CNN) - Potential 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum went after another possible candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, over Romney's support for the universal health care law in his state.

In an interview Monday with the Boston Globe, the former Pennsylvania senator said the state law and current federal laws "tend to drive employers out of the private sector plans because they're expensive and more people end up on the government plan."

"Ultimately, it's a failure," Santorum said.

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But Santorum, who touted himself as a "consistent conservative" on social and economic issues, said the issues don't "line up particularly well for Gov. Romney this time."

"I feel we need someone who is a strong, principled conservative who believes not in government mandates, not in government control of the health care system, but in a patient-centered approach to health care," Santorum said.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/14/santorum-hits-romney-over-health-care/