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Obama Stands by Health Care

State of the Union

Tried to heal Democratic wounds.

President Obama was reportedly unsure of what to say about health care as late as this morning, but he eventually decided: The president urged Congress to move ahead with comprehensive health-care reform in his State of the Union address Wednesday night. Obama insisted on a package similar to the one he outlined to Congress five months ago, and also tried to soothe Democratic infighting.

Read it at The Huffington Post