Top Romney Adviser Breaks With Entire Republican Party: The Individual Mandate Is Not A Tax: Mitt Romney campaign adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said the governor disagrees with Republicans’ claim that the individual mandate is a “tax,” contradicting the party message since the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had authority to mandate people purchase insurance under the taxing power. “The governor disagreed with the ruling of the Court,” Fehrnstrom said, “he agreed [...]/p