Tom Daschle, President Obama’s original choice of secretary of Health and Human Services, confirmed yesterday that the motivation behind creating Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IBAP) was to vest power in an unelected body that is sufficiently insulated from the American people.

Politico reports: “Former Majority Leader Tom Daschle debated former Sen. Judd Gregg over health care reform at the AHIP conference yesterday, and said the IPAB was a key piece of reform because congress would not be able to make the tough decisions when it comes to Medicare.  ‘I can’t think of anything in the ACA [Obamacare] that is more important than ultimately giving some real authority to someone to make these tough decisions,’ he said.”