REALLY THINK SPENDING MORE MAKES IT EASIER TO PASS?:

Rangel: Health bill harder after Obama speech (ERICA WERNER, 9/15/09, AP)

A key House committee chairman says proposals President Barack Obama set out in his health care speech are causing problems for Democrats trying to finalize health legislation in the House.

Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel of New York says House Democrats would have to slash subsidies to the poor to get their bill to the $900 billion, 10-year price tag Obama specified.

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Obama's health prescription a problem for Dems (DAVID ESPO, 9/15/09, AP)

Taken off guard, Democrats at work on health care legislation are grappling with President Barack Obama's nationally televised insistence on immediate access to insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions, as well as richer Medicare prescription drug benefits than originally envisioned.

The more he talks the worse they do.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 15, 2009 4:46 PM