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Published July 21, 2009 4:00am ET



Wall Street Journal — Obama Ups Ante on Health
 
The Journal put three top Washington hands — Laura Meckler, Jonathan Weisman and Gerald Seib — on the case of describing the state of play on health care as President Obama prepares for yet another prime-time presser.

The New York Times story on the press conference passes along the assertion from the White House that the president will use the chance to sell health care but also as a “six-month report card” on their success in “rescu[ing] the economy.” Not likely. This is all about the medicines.

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