CHUCK TODD (MSNBC): What you just said is that Governor Romney agrees that it's not a tax. But you guys call it a penalty.
ERIC FEHRNSTROM (TOP ROMNEY AIDE): The governor disagreed with the court. He agreed with the dissent that was written by Justice Scalia which very clearly stated that the mandate was not a tax.
TODD: So ... I think we're talking around each other. The governor does not believe the mandate is a tax, that's what you're saying?
FEHRNSTROM: The governor believes that what we put in place in Massachusetts was a penalty and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax.
TODD: But he agrees with the president that it is not, that you shouldn't call the tax penalty a tax, you should call it a penalty or a fee or a fine?
FEHRNSTROM: That's correct.
Wow.Romney advisor Fehrnstrom takes the "health-reform-is-a-tax" argument off the table for Republicans: huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/02/eri…
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) July 2, 2012
#business WATCH: Mitt Romney's Top Advisor Goes Wildly Off-Message Over Obama's Healthcare 'Tax' ow.ly/1l2BnP
— Mad Curry (@seotwisted) July 2, 2012
Oh hai @EricFehrn! If you're the Romney camp, he's the guy you send out on television to eff up your message. bit.ly/NeejJn
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) July 2, 2012
Could Eric Fehrnstrom be on the way to getting his etch sketched?
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) July 2, 2012
@MittRomney FIRE adviser Eric "Etch-A-Sketch" Fehrnstrom!!
— Courtney Cambern (@LittleMsLiberty) July 2, 2012
@gregpinelo Mitt still has cred?
— House of Knerd (@TheKnerdKing) July 2, 2012
@MittRomney Eric Fehrnstrom should not be allowed on TV! First the Etch-A-Sketch and now on MSNBC today saying you agree with Pres. Obama
— DJ Bronco Jim (@broncojimusa) July 2, 2012
I guess Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's Sr. Advisor did not get the Republican memo on what to say about the HCA-tax or penalty.
— MiddleclassVote (@Voter99percent) July 2, 2012
NEWS FLASH.The Romney camp is standing firmly on both sides of an issue. huff.to/NeYAcQ
— Keith Lennox (@lennoxfell) July 2, 2012
@LOLGOP Fehrnstrom! *shakes fist*
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) July 2, 2012
Eric Fehrnstrom strikes again. Maybe Murdoch was right. It's time for Romney to get new staff. #tcot
— MSNBC Watch (@MSNBCWatch) July 2, 2012
Is Eric Fehrnstrom a double agent working for the Obama campaign? ROTFL #obamacare #romneycare tinyurl.com/73g3dvl
— whisperdispatch (@whisperdispatch) July 2, 2012
"@stevebenen Are they even on the same planet?
— Michael Chase Walker (@mchasewalker) July 2, 2012
Conservatives to Mitt: Quit Now If You Won't Fight Obamatax! breitbart.com/Big-Journalism… via @BadMesmer
— Felicia Cravens (@somethingfishie) July 2, 2012
Obamacare = tax. This is not hard messaging for the GOP. Get it together, Romney.
— Tabitha Hale (@TabithaHale) July 2, 2012
@Chris_Moody Romney seems intent on proving GOP critics right. Perry, Santorum, Gingrich, etc.
— Calchala (@Calchala) July 2, 2012
UGH RT @TabithaHale: Wait what? RT @rickklein: so Romney camp says mandate is not a tax. somewhere, Rick Santorum stews.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 2, 2012
"Santorum must sound like Nostradamus right now” @JHoganGidley says of this prediction: abcn.ws/H6SHxI
— Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) July 2, 2012
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