This Christmas some liberals are putting President Obama on the naughty list, saying he has gone back on two important promises he made on health care.
On Monday, December 21 the president told The Washington Post that he did not campaign on the concept of government-provided health insurance. But a TV ad put out by one progressive group plays clips of President Obama saying in July that any plan he signs must include the public option, which the Senate bill leaves out, and candidate Obama mocking an insurance mandate, which the bill includes.
A statement by Adam Green from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee accompanying the ad reads: “President Obama should frankly feel ashamed that he promised Americans a public option, got people to believe real change was possible, and then never truly fought for it — instead, pushing an insurance mandate that he specifically campaigned against.”