he insists, insists the health care mandates are a conservative principle, but only at the state level. the state level. okay. so here's what he said on fox news this morning.ç >> look, our plan was rights for our state, and in my view, it was based upon conservative principles that frankly came from newt gingrich and the heritage foundation which was instead of people relying on government to provide their care, they should take personal responsibility. and it is fundamentally a conservative principle to insist that people take personal responsibility as opposed to turning to government for giving out free care. >> but romney promises again and again to repeal the affordable care act if he becomes president of the united states. the conservative principle of the health care mandate doesn't apply at the federal level, apparently. we can give him credit for one thing. that is he has been consistent in talking about what a great idea mandates are. >> no more free riders. people have to take personal responsibility.