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January 24, 2007

Is SOTU's Health Care A Boost Or Bust For Romney?

HHS Sec/ex-UT Gov. Mike Leavitt politely declined to answer questions directly today about fellow Mormon Mitt Romney's WH '08 bid. Leavitt said Romney was sure to be a "viable" candidate and he believes the Mormon factor is a "curiosity to people" that won't affect his candidacy in a negative way.

He also mentioned how he didn't quite understand how Romney's health care insurance plan in MA could work, saying "I'm not 100 percent sure how they did that" and adding he wasn't sure the plan was "fully tested yet."

Leavitt met with reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast to answer specific questions about POTUS' Health Care Proposal from last night's SOTU. Leavitt worked closely with Romney when the latter was heading up the Salt Lake Olympics in '02 [SHIRA TOEPLITZ].


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