After CBO Analysis, White House Distances Self From Kennedy Bill
ABC News Blogs ^ | June 16, 2009 | Jake Tapper
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:53:52 PM by Oldeconomybuyer
Kennedy?
Kennedy who?
"This is not the Administration’s bill," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement following the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of Sen. Ted Kennedy's health care reform legislation, "and it's not even the final Senate Committee bill."
Both statements are true, though it's not clear who, if anyone, had been saying that the legislation drafted by the powerful chairman of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Committee constituted President Obama's bill.
Apparently responding to the CBO's numbers and the ensuing criticism of the Kennedy bill, Gibbs continued, saying "what is clear is what will happen if we let political posturing stand in the way of reform again: exploding deficits, lob loss, dwindling benefits, and millions more Americans joining the ranks of the uninsured. That's unacceptable, and that's why stakeholders from across the spectrum are joining with President Obama to enact health care reform that finally gets costs under control and expands coverage - without adding to our deficit."
Gibbs' reaction was the second from the White House in a matter of a few hours.
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The chickens are coming home to roost very quickly.
