Romney Sees 'Political Consideration' in Chief Justice's Health Care Vote Mitt Romney seemed to challenge the motivation behind the decisive vote by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to uphold the Affordable Care Act, saying reports that the justice switched his vote suggested that the ruling was based on a "political consideration" rather than a legal judgment. "It gives the impression that the decision was made not based upon constitutional foundation, but instead political consideration about the relationship between the branches of government," Mr. Romney said in an interview with CBS that was broadcast on Thursday morning. Mr. Romney, who has previously said he would nominate Supreme Court justices in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts, who is known as a conservative, seemed to somewhat distance himself from that sentiment. Well, I certainly wouldn't nominate someone who I knew was going to come up with a decision that I violently disagree with - or vehemently, rather, disagreed with. He called Chief Justice Roberts's decision "not accurate." But he added that Chief Justice Roberts "is a very bright person." In the interview, conducted inside a boathouse near Romney estate in New Hampshire, his wife, Ann, offered up new details about the vice-presidential search. She suggested that her husband was looking for a vice-presidential nominee "with the same personality type" and confirmed that the campaign was considering a woman for the No 2. spot. "We've been looking at that, and I'd love that option as well," Ms. Romney said. Mr. Romney reiterated that he believed the Supreme Court ruling on health care last week distinguished between the individual mandate to obtain health insurance imposed by the federal government and the State of Massachusetts when he was governor. An aide to Mr. Romney earlier said that Mr. Romney viewed the federal mandate as a "penalty," not a tax. During the CBS interview, Mr. Romney made clear that he believes it is a tax. But he said that the mandate he put in place in Massachusetts remained a penalty. Actually the chief justice, in his opinion, made it very clear that at the state level, states have the power to put in place mandates, they don't need to require them to be called taxes to be constitutional. Ms. Romney playfully pushed back against attacks on her husband from President Obama's re-election campaign, calling them "sad." Early on, we heard what their strategy was. It was "kill Romney,"" she said. It's like, not when I'm next to him, you better not.