For 3 key GOP candidates, health care efforts show wide spectrum

The New York Times: G.O.P. Candidates' Stances On Health Care Mask Their Records As Governors
The three most prominent current or former governors running for president -; Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Jon M. Huntsman Jr. -; are firmly united in their commitment to repealing President Obama's health care law. But that unanimity masks a broad divergence in their approaches to the issue while in office, spanning the spectrum of Republican positioning (Sack, 9/3). 

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The Hill: Obama Faces New Conundrum In Selling His Healthcare Law
The Obama White House is grappling with an unusual reality as next year's election looms: the signature domestic achievement of the president's first term seems, at best, as much of a liability as an asset. When healthcare reform passed in March of 2010, Obama hit the road to tout its benefits. Supporters predicted that the law would grow more popular as temperatures cooled and the public learned more about what it actually does. Neither has happened: The law still polls unfavorably, and the public knows even less about what's in it. And it's a far smaller part of Obama's rhetoric (Baker and Stanage, 9/3).

Meanwhile, in Iowa, business leaders are expressing doubts about the law.

Des Moines Register: Employers Skeptical Of Health Law
Business owners in Iowa, already pummeled by the skyrocketing cost of health insurance over the past decade, are also deeply skeptical of a health care overhaul many of them don't understand. Fifty-four percent of employers either strongly or somewhat agree the law should be repealed, according to the 2011 Iowa Employer Benefits Survey published by David P. Lind & Associates in Clive (Belz, 9/4).