Obama Thanks Romney for 'Assist'

Laugh line goes over well in Massachusetts
Posted May 19, 2011 8:20 AM CDT
Obama Thanks Romney for 'Assist'
President Barack Obama waves as he greets people in the crowd after speaking at a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

President Obama held a pair of fundraisers in Boston last night, and in both he tried out a new jab at Mitt Romney, saying that he'd passed health care reform "with a little assist from the former governor of Massachusetts." Both swipes drew laughter, notes the Washington Examiner. Obama has delighted in linking his would-be presidential rival to a law the Republican base despises, and rumor has it that he's itching to face Romney in the general election. (More Barack Obama stories.)

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