University of Michigan distances itself from Mitt Romney's health care speech

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University of Michigan distances itself from Mitt Romney's health care speech
By Nathan Bomey
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2011 : 1:25 p.m.


Likely Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney picked the University of Michigan Health System as the stage for his major health care reform speech Thursday — but that doesn't mean the university is comfortable with the corresponding political theater.

The university issued a statement today distancing itself from the former Massachusetts governor's invitation-only speech at the U-M Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor.

"The use of our facility by Gov. Romney does not constitute endorsement of the content of his speech nor of his potential candidacy by the U-M Health System or the University of Michigan," U-M said in a statement. "As a public institution, the University of Michigan cannot endorse candidates."

U-M also emphasized that the speech is being organized and paid for by the U-M chapter of College Republicans "in accordance with guidelines for official student groups that wish to hold events in university facilities."

It was not immediately clear whether any U-M executives plan to attend the speech or meet with former Michigan native Romney, who has been forced to explain his Massachusetts health care reform initiative to conservatives.

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