Did Rick Perry Praise HillaryCare?

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The Daily Caller reports that Rick Perry’s opposition to liberal health care reform wasn’t always so pronounced. In 1993, he wrote a letter commending her health care reform efforts:

In a letter to Clinton, who is now U.S. Secretary of State, Perry wrote: “I think your efforts in trying to reform the nation’s health care system are most commendable.”

“I would like to request that the task force give particular consideration to the needs of the nation’s farmers, ranchers, and agriculture workers, and other members of rural communities,” Perry continued, noting his administration’s focus on economic development for rural Texans. “Rural populations have a high proportion of uninsured people, rising health care costs, and often experience lack of services.”

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