Ohio Gov. John Kasich says the oft-repeated vow from Republicans to repeal Obamacare is "stupid."

"I mean, what a stupid promise," he told a radio host in Wisconsin. "The base of the party is furious because you didn't repeal Obamacare. How are you going to repeal Obamacare when Obama's president?"

Of the three GOP candidates who remain in the presidential race, Kasich comes closest to being a representative of the party establishment. Although he has said in the past that he opposes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), he notably embraced the federally-funded expansion of Medicaid that many other Republican governors rejected.

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