JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Thursday the health care bill GOP rival Mitt Romney enacted in Massachusetts paved the way for President Barack Obama's federal health law last year and cost the state jobs.

Perry's criticism was his sharpest yet of Romney, who led in national polls of Republican voters until Perry entered the race last month.

And it came in the wake of three days of heavy criticism by Romney of statements Perry has made about Social Security.

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