Mike Turner actually said...

The only way we could take it on was first by mislabeling it, calling it a tax on insurance plans rather than a tax on people.

If you are a State and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get the tax credits, but your citizens will pay the taxe...

I certainly understand, when someone gets caught saying something as inflammatory as what you have said, how you might want to recant it.

This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes.