From Politico:

Mitt Romney embraced his Massachusetts health care law in response to President Barack Obama’s attacks that Republicans have declared a ‘war on women.’

“I’m the guy who was able to get all the health care for all the women and men for my state,” Romney said in an interview aired on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ “They were talking about it at the federal level. We actually did something and we did it without cutting Medicare and without raising taxes.”

Romney added that he was “very proud” of his signature on the 2006 law when he was governor of Massachusetts while charging that Obama would cut more than $700 million from Medicare to pay for the Affordable Care Act.

Romney noted that he’s also urged Akin to drop out of the race against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).

“Oh, I think it was a terrible statement on his part,” Romney said. “I think it was uninformed. I think it was outrageous and offensive.”

“I think I have distanced myself from the kind of thing he said as far as I possibly can,” Romney added. “He was wrong

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