ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, July 5 (UPI) -- Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney "is being impacted by a push from the right" on the Affordable Care Act, the White House said.
"For years, Mitt Romney has been defending not only his bill that he pushed forward [as governor of] Massachusetts, but also this as a penalty that was essential to taking into account the people who weren't paying for health insurance who could afford it," Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States Jennifer Psaki said Thursday.