President Obama has tried to involve many people in the decision-making process. When this failed with health care, he submitted his own version that could realistically get passed.
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This is the most impressive revisionist history I've seen on HP in quite a spell.
After running on a public option (yes, he did - http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/09/10/yes-obama-campaigned-on-a-public-option/), and negotiating for lower drug costs and reimportation, and transparency in the legislative process (""Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public, no more secrecy.....No more secrecy....." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQbQTrm_pSA and, "Clintons did health care the wrong way, behind closed doors" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvyharXBI0Q ), Obama stated that it's Congress's job to come up with a bill, he was staying out of it.
KEEP READING
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