Opinion: Romney's Senate exit marks an end to the bipartisanship Washington desperately needs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The Affordable Care Act had seeming structural similarities with Romney's reforms, most notably the inclusion of an individual mandate for health insurance.
52% : Indeed, elements of "Romneycare" made their way into Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, and the Massachusetts law was the first major stroke of bipartisanship in Romney's career in public service.
51% : It attracted the overwhelming support of state legislators from both parties, with the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy -- whom Romney ran against (and lost to) for U.S. Senate in 1994 -- standing beside him when he signed the state health reform legislation into law in April 2006.
41% : No matter that Romney's was a state plan and, as he argued, state policies might not be well-suited for the federal government.
40% : The tea party movement burst onto the political scene in 2009 and foretold a time just a few years later, when Romney's signature gubernatorial achievement would turn into an albatross in his presidential campaign, as Washington battled over Obamacare.
22% : (The provision was so broadly unpopular that Congress and then-President Trump effectively eliminated the requirement from Obamacare in 2017.)

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