Friday, November 08, 2013
I'm Sorry, Too, Mr. President - NationalJournal.com
The President allowed politics to override the basic tenet "Do No Harm".
It's just plain unacceptable...
Ron Fournier writes this and more at NationalJournal.com:
"I'm sorry, too, Mr. President. I'm sorry you couldn't finesse a single Republican vote for health insurance reform in 2010.
I'm sorry Republicans decided to re-litigate the law rather than help implement it, offering no serious alternative of their own for the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans.
I'm sorry you campaigned for reelection on the famous false promise: 'If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan. Period.'
I'm sorry your aides debated whether to tell the full truth (that people could keep their insurance only if it hadn't changed and if it met your standards) and decided instead to institutionalize the lie.
I'm sorry that when Americans recognized the deception you tried to reinvent history: 'What we said was you can keep it if it hasn't changed since the law passed.' No, no, no, no, no—that's not what you guys said.
I'm sorry you didn't trust Americans with the truth."
