Paul Begala actually said...

This is politics. And this is the problem. None of this who have happened if Governor Romney had simply told the truth.

It certainly motivated their base. And they do need that because Mr. Romney, as Candy points out, from not a favor of their base.

But it also energizes the Democratic base. And the question is who can get to those independents.

He's going to have a difficult time advancing the argument that Obama care should be repealed.