Romney: I Tried To Get Rid Of Birth Control Rule

Mitt Romney got defensive Wednesday when White House press secretary Jay Carney claimed that the Obama administration’s controversial birth control rule is “virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of Massachusetts.” Romney challenged this comment while talking to reporters in Atlanta. “Mr. Carney needs to check his history,” he said. “That provision was put in Massachusetts before I was governor and then when I was governor I tried to have it removed in our health care plan.” When asked earlier today about Romney’s negative comments about the rule Carney replied, “The former governor of Massachusetts is an odd messanger on this given that the services that this rule would provide for women around the country are the same that are provided in Massachusetts and were provided...when he was governor.”