Newt Tacks Left, Slams Ryan’s Medicare Plan - Andrew Stiles

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/267273/gingrich-tacks-left-slams-ryans-medicare-plan-andrew-stiles

Interesting. So, what you're saying is that Newt Gingrich has said something at odds with today's conservative orthodoxy and you think it is to please voters as opposed to something he truly believes? Tell me more about this wild theory.

Two things:
1) Romney's heresy is considered so far to the "left" that it makes him radioactive, but it does the effect of leaving some room for Republicans to stray a bit from the orthodoxy to coax indy voters. (It won't work for Newt, but it might for someone else.)
2) Ryan's Medicare overhaul is dead.