Gruber was a key architect of the sweeping health
insurance reform legislation that Romney passed as governor of
Massachusetts. In addition, he advised Democrats and the Obama administration on how to build the Affordable Care Act. As that 18-month process unfolded, Gruber famously unloaded on Romney for his attacks on Obamacare, arguing that the two were the "same ******* bill."
Those similarities, he said on Friday, extend to the individual mandate.