In today's column, Paul Krugman chastises Obama for being as wrong on health care, as he is wrong on Social Security.
Yet again, Krugman hammers Obama for resorting to right-wing talking points, or 'giving aid and comfort to the enemies' of progressives.
From the beginning, advocates of universal health care were troubled by the incompleteness of Barack Obama’s plan, which unlike those of his Democratic rivals wouldn’t cover everyone. But they were willing to cut Mr. Obama slack on the issue, assuming that in the end he would do the right thing.
Now, however, Mr. Obama is claiming that his plan’s weakness is actually a strength. What’s more, he’s doing the same thing in the health care debate he did when claiming that Social Security faces a “crisis” — attacking his rivals by echoing right-wing talking points. . .
[I]n the effort to defend his plan’s weakness, he’s attacking his Democratic opponents from the right — and in so doing giving aid and comfort to the enemies of reform.
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Update: The Clinton v. Obama war over health care heats up: Hillary Campaign Demands Obama Take Down Ad, Accuses Him Of False Advertising
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