Then in the Sept debate flip-flopped and said it was a mistake.
Adamant Obamacare opponent Ted Cruz admitted it was a mistake to support Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' confirmation to the high court a decade ago.
"That was a mistake and I regret that," he said during the Republican primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California Wednesday night.
Roberts has become a lightning rod for conservative criticism after he voted to uphold Obamacare in two separate court challenges.
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