After criticizing the GOP plan to end Medicare, and being pilloried for it by the right, Gingrich is folding like a cheap Democrat.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has spent the last few days retreating from his criticism of the House-passed Medicare scheme as "right-wing social engineering," desperately insisting that he was set up by "gotcha" questions and his words were taken "out of context."
At an event in Minnesota last night, Political Correction asked Gingrich point blank whether he would have supported Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) plan when it came up in the House. "I would have voted for the budget," Gingrich said. Asked whether he would still vote for it today, Gingrich replied, "Sure."
