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Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the U.S. health care law's penalty is a tax, breaking with one of his top aides and further muddling the lines between the Massachusetts health-care plan he championed and the federal version he opposes.
The Supreme Court voted last week to uphold President Barack Obama's health-care law by determining that Congress held the authority to levy taxes. The majority opinion said the penalty for not purchasing insurance was, in fact, a tax.
"The majority of the court said it's a tax and, therefore, it's a tax," Mr. Romney said in a CBS News interview. "They have spoken. There's no way around that."
He reiterated the point Wednesday afternoon after an appearance at a Fourth of July parade. "Of course, if that's what they say it is," he said of the court's tax designation.