it doesn t make a lot of sense for us to have millions and millions of people who have no health insurance and can go to the emergency room and get free care for which they have no responsibility. particularly those with sufficient means to pay their own way. we said, we have an idea. let s take all the money we have been spending to give out free care, paying hospitals that give out free care, and let s use those dollars to help those who can t afford it buy insurance. obviously in that interview, romney said the exact opposite of what he said in the 60 minutes interview. there s no such thing as free care. americans without health insurance can go bankrupt from an emergency room visit or two. let s go a little further. a little further back in romney time. in the romney time machine to 2007. when they show up at the hospital, they get care, they get free care paid for by you and me.
with the windows open? now, you have to remember this is coming from a guy who swears his dog had a great time strapped to the roof of his car for a 12-hour drive. but this is also the man running for the presidency of the united states. you be the judge. ever thought you d want to open up the windows of an aircraft at 30,000 feet? a little lower. i don t think so. and mitt romney says that s a problem. he doesn t know why they don t do that, but that s a problem. this guy that wants authority over the federal aviation administration. i asked you in our survey, did you think mitt romney paid his fair share of taxes? 4% of you said yes. 96% said no. coming up, mitt romney really outdid himself with this answer on what to do with uninsured americans.
for us to have millions and millions of people who have no health insurance and can go to the emergency room and get free care for which they have no responsibility. particularly those with sufficient means to pay their own way. we said, we have an idea. let s take all the money we have been spending to give out free care, paying hospitals that give out free care, and let s use those dollars to help those who can t afford it by insurance. obviously in that interview, romney said the exact opposite of what he said in the 60 minutes interview. there s no such thing as free care. americans without health insurance can go bankrupt from an emergency room visit or two. let s go a little further. a little further back in romney time. in the romney time machine to 2007. when they show up at the hospital, they get care, they get free care paid for by you and me. if that s not a form of socialism, i don t know is.
care for which they have no responsibility. particularly those with sufficient means to pay their own way. we said, we have an idea. let s take all the money we have been spending to give out free care, paying hospitals that give out free care, and let s use those dollars to help those who can t afford it by insurance. obviously in that interview, romney said the exact opposite of what he said in the 60 minutes interview. there s no such thing as free care. americans without health insurance can go bankrupt from an emergency room visit or two. let s go a little further. a little further back in romney time. in the romney time machine to 2007. when they show up at the hospital, they get care, they get free care paid for by you and me. if that s not a form of socialism, i don t know is. if people can afford to buy insurance, or if they can pay their own way, then they either
president obama today paid tribute to america s war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veteran s memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veteran s memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first let s go to cnn s dana bash. and a slight political undertone to the ceremonies there in san diego. they were putting wreaths out at these ceremonies, but at the same time both men gave some speeches that might have had some politics mixed in there as well. from mitt romney, the lines that you re so familiar with, following him around, the ones really directly following the president. but you didn t have to read too much between the lines to hear his campaign pitch. reporter: a solemn moment in san diego, marking memorial day. reporter: