Romney Backed Health Care Mandate in 1994 - Dave Weigel

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/05/11/romney-backed-health-care-mandate-in-1994.aspx

The day before his big health care speech, Blue Mass Group explodes a depth charge right under Mitt Romney. They point to "Stormin' Mormon," the pre-1994 election profile of Romney by John Judis. That year, running uphill against Ted Kennedy, Romney said he'd support the health care compromise introduced by Sen. John Chafee. That compromise included a mandate to buy health insurance, something Democrats never tired of pointing out in 2009 and 2010 when the Affordable Care Act's compromise was characterized as tyranny or socialism.

I think the Onion headline said it best: "Politician Haunted By Past Efforts to Help Sick People".