Syria push distracts from Obamacare — and Dems don’t mind

By Brian Hughes

Published September 5, 2013 4:00am ET

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Syria push distracts from Obamacare — and Dems don’t mind — Former President Bill Clinton speaks about health care at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. ClintonÃ?s speech comes with the Affordable Healthcare Act in final countdown mode, just a few weeks before the scheduled Oct. 1 launch of online health insurance markets in the states. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) | Danny Johnston

White House plans for a health care messaging blitz ahead of Obamacare’s rollout have been overshadowed by the president’s call to strike Syria, distracting the administration from its plan to focus attention on a litany of domestic issues.

Obamacare was supposed to get its time in the limelight over these next few weeks, ahead of October’s open enrollment launch for the healthcare law’s insurance exchanges.

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