The Hill is reporting that Congressional Democrats are backing away from promises and positions of the Presidential candidates regarding healthcare reform.
Listen in particular to what the Hillary Clinton supporters are saying:
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), a member of Senate Democratic leadership and a key Hillary Clinton ally who also sits on the Finance Committee, said he is 'not sure we have the big plan on healthcare.'...'Healthcare I feel strongly about, but I am not sure that we're ready for a major national healthcare plan,' Schumer said...Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), a Clinton supporter who sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, said "the money is not necessarily there right now" to enact the plans.
In essence, there is no chance with Clinton to get Healthcare passed because the Clinton people and Clinton herself are tied to lobbyists way too much. Of course, Clinton wont say what her supporter Schumer is saying, and once she is in office she will blame others for her lack of leadership.
Lets see what Hillary has to say about this latest development.
I hope Barack comes out strongly against this evident lack of committment in the Congressional Democrats. I hope he denounces their work as "politics as usual" and decries the evident pressure of special interests.
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