Obama’s Call for Bipartisan Discussion Passes for Health News
Hard to believe, but it was just weeks ago that everybody was busy hashing out the last-minute nitty gritty of what the Dems’ final health-care bill would look like.
Now, in a 59-41 world, President Obama’s call for a televised bipartisan discussion of health care — a proposal that’s reasonable enough, but pretty dull and process-y — passes for big news on the health-care overhaul front.
Indeed, as the WSJ notes, “it’s unclear how the bipartisan health-care event will move the issue ahead in Congress, as the parties have very different ideas about how to reshape the system … .”
Obama made the suggestion in an interview with Katie Couric broadcast yesterday before the Super Bowl.
In a statement, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, “Obviously, I am pleased that the White House finally seems interested in a real, bipartisan conversation on health care.”
Boehner criticized the House and Senate health-care bills and called on Dems to start over. A White House aide told the WSJ the president doesn’t intend to start from scratch.
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