Boehner Says Democrat Health Care Plan is Dead
Sunday, September 20, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - House Minority Leader John Boehner (R.-Ohio) said today that the health-care plan that President Barack Obama is pushing in Congress is now dead and will not pass.
Boehner made the observation in an interview this morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he appeared after President Obama.
“There’s been no bipartisan conversation on Capitol Hill about health care,” Boehner said in an interview with "Meet the Press" host David Gregory. “At some point when these big government plans fail—and they will, the Congress will not pass this—it’s really time for the president to hit the reset button, just stop all of this and let’s sit down and start over in a bipartisan way to build a plan that Americans will support.”
“So you think the plan is dead?” asked Gregory.
“I think it is,” said Boehner.
Earlier in the program, President Obama had said that news coverage of the health care debate over the past week had been dominated not by “the sensible people” but by people stoking controversy.
In his own appearance, Boehner rejected the contention that the “tone” of the debate over health-care reform had gotten out of control, saying instead that it has been a “spirited” debate and that more Americans had been engaged in debating health-care reform than had been engaged in debating any issue in decades.
“I mean, let's face it,” Obama told host David Gregory. “If you look at the news cycle over the last--over the last week--you know, it—it--it hasn't been the--the sensible people who, you know, very deliberately talk about the important issues that we face as a country. That's not the folks who've gotten a lot of coverage.”
Later, Gregory asked Boehner about the “tone” of the debate
“I want to stay with this tone of the debate right now and whether or not you agree that by some of the things the president said in the course of that interview, he is trying to cool off the debate, the tone of the debate,” said Gregory. “Do you see it that way?”
“Well, I don’t know that the tone of the debate has gotten out of control,” said Boehner.
“You don’t think so?” asked Gregory.
“It’s been spirited, because we’re talking about an issue that affects every single American,” said Boehner. “And because it affects every American in a very personal way, more Americans have been engaged in this debate than any issue in decades. And so there’s room to work together. But I first believe that we’ve got to just take this big-government option, this big-government plan and move it to the side. Now, let’s talk about what we can do to make our current system work better. Then we’ll have some grounds on which to build.”
Boehner said the White House had not reached out at all to discuss health care reform with House Republicans. Then he said the plan the White House and congressional Democrats were pushing would not pass.
When “Meet the Press” host David Gregory asked Boehner if he thought that plan was dead, Boehner did not hesitate.
Thank GOD! It would show that we the people still matter a little bit to our out of control federal government.
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I doubt it. Obama had a huge media blitz today in an effort to sway support in his direction. The obvious response from Republicans is to try and keep doubt in the minds of folks. Boehner played his role well, but I seriously doubt it's dead.
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