Obama still won’t come clean on single-payer

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To add a little more to David’s post. Today’s town hall meeting in New Hampshire gave Obama a chance to explain clearly his position on a single-payer national health care system.  He didn’t do it.

The opportunity came when a man brought up those old quotes in which Obama said he was a supporter of a single-payer health care system.  (The man unfortunately referred to it as “universal,” but the president picked up his meaning and addressed the question of single payer.)  Here’s the exchange:

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