Twenty-four hours ago, the Romney campaign 'explained' its candidate's apparent assertion on Meet the Press - thirty-six hours ago - that he would retain certain aspects of the ACA (Obamacare), including those related to pre-existing conditions. The candidate's position that he will repeal Obamacare 'on Day 1' had not changed, we were told, and the candidate intends to rely on market competition to provide insurance coverage to those with pre-existing conditions - just as was the case prior to the ACA. (A still later 'clarification' established that Romney accepts the pre-ACA COBRA and other provisions that have for many years helped a certain number - but not most - of the 89,000 Americans whose health care is in danger due to pre-existing conditions.)
On the front page of NYTimes.com was the link to a story "Romney Says He Would Keep Parts of Obama’s Health Care Law".
Some time this afternoon, the link to the earlier story rolled off - replaced by "Politics and the Pizza Man".
Meanwhile, the Times has been able to keep us up-to-date with the U.S. Open in tennis, changing numerous times its reporting on the women's and men's finals effectively 'in real time'. Of course there have many new reports in all areas of the news.
To anyone who relies on the Times as his/her sole news source, however, the current state of the political campaign is that Romney is committed to retaining parts of the ACA.
Is that how America's premier news source ought to act?
Has Romney found the crack in the cosmic egg he has been seeking?
UPDATE:
TPM has a story here describing some of the changes since the walkback, including reporting on an appearance by Dan Quayle (Is he still alive?) on Fox News:
Quayle tried to defend Romney against charges of flip-flopping on Fox News Monday, but ended up supporting Democrats’ charge. “Well look, he’s going after the independents and he is going after the 10 percent that supposedly haven’t made up their mind, obviously,” Quayle said.
and ending with
At a campaign event in Ohio Monday, Romney returned to a line of attack he’s more comfortable with: “I want to get rid of ‘Obamacare’ because it’s killing jobs.”