“Maybe I won’t answer it either," John Kasich joked of the question to all three candidates tonight about whether they stand behind everyone's previous pledges to support the eventual GOP nominee.

He said he has "respect for people that are in the arena" but added that he's been "disturbed" by some of what he's seen on the campaign trail.

“I don’t want to be political here: I’ve got to see what happens," he said, leaving unstated his feelings on Donald Trump.A voter asked John Kasich why he expanded Medicaid in his state under the Obamacare law and why he went along with the Washington solution.

A visibily annoyed Kasich vigorously defended his decision, saying it helps get drug addicts off the streets among other benefits.

“It’s not so simple what Gov. Walker did here,” Kasich said.

He touted his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorsement today and said when he was in Congress as well as in Ohio, he helped pass a balanced budget.

“We don’t put our budget together with scotch tape and baling wire," Kasich said. “I reject Obamacare. ... I actually have a solid health careplan to replace Obamacare.”

As for that national surplus?

“Guess who spent it? The Republicans," Kasich said. “Sir, you have to stand in the breach when you’re the leader."“Of course it’s not, that’s absurd," John Kasich said, saying NATO has an additional role of "policing and intelligence gathering" now.

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