Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry suggested over the weekend that he was not concerned with the high rates of uninsured Texans because “that’s not how we keep score” on health care.

Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out to Perry on Sunday that his campaign had promised to look out for the “little guy” but Texas had the highest uninsured rate in the country when the candidate was governor....

“I understand that, sir, but don’t you — you were the governor for 14 years — don’t you feel some responsibility when 21 percent of the people in your state didn’t have health insurance?” Wallace pressed.

“That’s not how we keep score,” Perry insisted. “I think it’s a fallacy to say access to health care is all about insurance. What we happen to say in the state of Texas is we’re going to try to make accessible as we can good quality health care.”