constitution intended for states to do. >> all right. so mitt romney trying to draw a distinction saying we did a state health care plan, not a big gangly federal plan. is this playing well with primary voters? >> i think we don't know yet because the health care plan that the president pushed through congress last year is the most energizing issue for republicans. so definitely damaging for governor romney that the white house keeps talking about how he provided kind of a state model for it. i was at that dinner in new hampshire where you showed the clip from. that was an approach romney is now taking every time he's asked about this question. it may have been right for massachusetts. that doesn't mean it's right for the whole country. but unlike pawlenty on cap and trade, he's not apologizing for it, and he's not saying it was a mistake. >> he's just trying to draw that distinction. other candidates have attempted to explain with mixed results, listen to newt gingrich talking about his past marital infidelity. >> there's no question that at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately i