The plans are not the same. Romneycare is only 70 pages long and Obamacare has 2,700 pages.
In Massachusetts only 1.2% of the taxpayers have to pay the penalty:
http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Health-Reform/~/media/D0DDA3D667BE49D58539821F74C723C7.pdf
Santorum was right. People aren’t going to wade into Romney’s 70 pages of law; all they’re going to do is see that they’re the same.
If Romney feels like explaining the huge, apparent differences, then let him do it in 30 second soundbites on commercials and interviews.
He tried this past week and miserably failed.