A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article for NR on why Romneycare is such a big problem for Mitt, and how hard it will be for him to fix it.

If President Obama had failed to get his massive health-care overhaul through Congress, Mitt Romney would today be a strong frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. Some conservatives and libertarians would continue to object to the health-care plan he shepherded through the legislature in 2006, when he was governor of Massachusetts. But so long as conservatives were satisfied with his proposals for federal legislation on health care, he would be able to shrug off the criticism — as he did in 2008, when he ran for president and his rivals Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson used the issue against him. In a parallel universe without Obamacare, Romney would still have strong support among both conservatives and the party establishment.
In reality, of course, Obama succeeded and the Republican party committed itself to repeal of the new health-care law. Health care thus remains a huge issue. It will probably be the most politically important domestic-policy difference between the parties in 2012. . .

It’s up on the homepage.