White House Political Honcho Goes Mealy-Mouthed on Public Option
In his Meet the Press appearance, presidential adviser David Axelrod refused to say if Obama will trade away the public heath care plan.
Just days before President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a major prime-time speech on health care reform, David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser, seemed to signal a willingness on the president's part to drop the public plan from legislation under discussion in Congress, in order to get a bill. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
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