NEW YORK (AP) — A day after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney said the landmark ruling has created new urgency in the presidential contest.

"What happened yesterday calls for greater urgency, I believe, in the election," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee told donors Friday. "I think people recognize that if you want to replace Obamacare you've got to replace President Obama. And the urgency of doing that is something which is galvanizing people across the country."

He suggested the ruling was somewhat surprising.

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