He went far - I guess you would say - to the right, to the free market side, away from the current administration, away from many Republicans.

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At a Pioneer Institute event two years ago, Jonathan Gruber went as far as to say that the explicit purpose of the tax was meant to wean the country away from employer based insurance.

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He applauded last year's attempt to step away from the network's bread-and-butter fare, but thinks they just went too far.

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