Commentary

The Quotable Barack Obama

By Troy Senik
Thursday, August 13 2009

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama, reeling from growing public opposition to his proposed healthcare reform, took to the stage for a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The stated intent of the event was to correct public misperceptions about the president’s proposal. But the outcome spoke more to the plan’s weaknesses than its strengths. Reacting to allegations that the plan’s so-called “public option” would result in government pushing private health insurers out of the market, Obama glibly responded, “… I think private insurers should…

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