If you stand at an election and put a manifesto in front of people saying you're going to improve health care, you have to stick by that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.
I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.
I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.
What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.
Let's drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won't settle for less.
I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.
I have been outspoken on my opposition to 'Obamacare,' and I don't buy the line that our Medicaid program, or any function of government, has reached maximum efficiency.
If we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next election!
Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system, is foremost on the President's mind.
Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been on the agenda for 35 years, and the political class seems completely unable to respond to it.