Claim: On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
Fact-check: Tim Pawlenty quotes Obama's words on health care from the Iowa caucuses
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Angie Drobnic Holan
Date published: 2011-05-06T00:00:00