Politics | Barack Obama Obama Thanks Romney for 'Assist' Laugh line goes over well in Massachusetts By Kevin Spak Posted May 19, 2011 8:20 AM CDT Copied President Barack Obama waves as he greets people in the crowd after speaking at a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) President Obama held a pair of fundraisers in Boston last night, and in both he tried out a new jab at Mitt Romney, saying that he'd passed health care reform "with a little assist from the former governor of Massachusetts." Both swipes drew laughter, notes the Washington Examiner. Obama has delighted in linking his would-be presidential rival to a law the Republican base despises, and rumor has it that he's itching to face Romney in the general election. Read These Next And ... 23,000 pages of Epstein files are now out. Trump commuted his sentence. Now he's headed back behind bars. Breaking Bad creator's new show is wowing critics. Chaos for travelers who are abruptly booted as startup falls apart. Report an error