Chip Rogers and the Affordable Care Act

After the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (aka "ObamaCare"), Senator Chip Rogers spoke out. He is quoted in the June 29, 2012 edition of the Cherokee Tribune (from a press release on his website):

The decision by the United States Supreme Court stands contrary to the very principles of freedom on which our nation was founded. The idea that a federal government could wield this much power and control over sovereign citizens is surely not an idea contemplated by our forefathers.

The release also went on to note that Rogers and the Senate Republicans in Georgia had asserted States Rights, which failed to get past a second reading.

What many don't know is that Rogers seems to believe that the State of Georgia should be able to do about the same thing. 

In the 2007-2008 legislative session, Rogers and others proposed Senate Bill 28, or Insuring Georgia's Families Act.  While the bill didn't make it past a first reading, it included:

• Provision for insuring dependent children up to 27 years of age.
• Protections against rescission of coverage.
• Creation of a Georgia Health Insurance Exchange.
• Limitations on pre-existing condition denials.
• Mandate of coverage for those with incomes 3 times federal poverty level, and under 65.  Those impacted must have insurance, post $10K bond or lose tax refunds, and face wage garnishment.

You decide.  Does a state have the power to create legislation that attempts to extend coverage to more Americans, and the federal government does not?  And was Senator Rogers for mandates and exchanges before he was against them?