As Newt Gingrich's improbable rise to the top of the GOP field continues – like some kind of political Tim Tebow (without all that repressed abstinence) – it might be a good time to look back at how far he's come when it comes to health care reform. Yeah, he's a regular Virginia Slim baby.
He's been pretty vocal so far during the campaign about his opposition to the individual mandate – calling it nothing less than an "unconstitutional" application of federal power.
But Gingrich – along with a host of other big GOP names, including the Heritage Foundation – wholeheartedly supported the individual mandate – even if it emerged as little more than a counterpoint to Hillarycare.
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