Reports have circulated that President Obama is ready to give up on Republican support for health care reform, but his spokesman, Robert Gibbs, insisted that this is not the case. Gibbs said today that the President is still interested in working with Republicans, and he wants to work with legislators with constructive ideas.
Well, is Obama going to make up his mind?
Although more Americans are supporting a public option, many more Americans still believe in the lies about government takeovers of health care and rationing, and the lies have been repeated by health care reform opponents. Although they've been called out, these opponents are not interested in the truth. To paraphrase a movie line, if they wanted to get the truth out, they would have spoken to "60 Minutes."
Speaking of which, I heard that Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," died today. Hewitt expanded television journalism with his news show, looking at stories with greater depth and digging deeper at timely issues. The show has kept the high standards it started out with when it debuted in 1968, even after Hewitt's retirement five years ago. RIP.
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