Health Care: Starting with Debby from Appalachia

U.S. President Barack Obama takes a question from a woman with cancer (L) as he talks about health care at an online town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

Obama’s narrative all along has been that reform is hard, but if you bring in all the sides, sit them down and talk, it can be done. — Ambinder/The Atlantic.

Members of Congress walk to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2009, to meet with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on the health care reform. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

…And then, there’s “the Rahm-side” of things, the herding of Congress, the forced march.

(updated: Noon PST, 7/20)

(image 1: Larry Downing/Reuters. image 2: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. caption: U.S. President Barack Obama hugs cancer patient Debby Smith of Appalachia, Virginia, during a forum on health care at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia July 1, 2009. image 3: Ron Edmonds/AP. caption: Members of Congress walk to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2009, to meet with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on the health care reform. )

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