Mitt Romney Tells Us That His Party No Longer Believes in the Constitution

And that many of the people serving in Congress need to retire

Courtesy of The Hill

Mitt Romney is not someone I would vote for, probably ever. And yet an excerpt from an upcoming biography about Romney by McKay Coppins appeared in The Atlantic recently. For a brief moment, I was sad that I never had a chance to better evaluate the man and his position.

What turned me off the most was when he criticized Obama’s health care proposal, which was in many ways a retread of the one he implemented in Massachusetts. He was trying to gain points with the lunatic fringe of his party, and so he abandoned his own values.

That is why, for as honest, intelligent, and even patriotic as this man is, he hadn’t been able to win over a majority of American voters. No one likes a waffler, and the moment you sell your own success out to gain cheap points, it dooms you. Romney even had me laughing:

“Every time Donald Trump makes a strong argument, I’d say, ‘Remind me again about the Clorox,’ ” Romney told me [Coppins]. “Every now and then, I would cough and go, ‘Clorox.’ (What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate) ”

Romney has recently announced that he will not seek re-election.

Romney, 76, says he…