Achievement and the very aides that pushed the law through congress were risking bad implementation for a shortterm political gain. Regarding the president s infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. In recent days, current aides have downplayed or dismissed the damage of those words. The vast majority of americans that statement will hold true. For this small group of americans it hasnt. The calamitous thing here the website wasnt up. Many of those people who have to transition will get better insurance for less money but they cant tell now. Any debate regarding the president s statement ever took place. I dont recall significant discussions around some of the verbiage on this to be 100 honest with you. Do you agree it was a wrong move . Certainly. One former Senior Administration official said the law is crafted by white house and lawmakers, some white house policy advisers object
Congress were risking bad implementation for a shortterm political gain. Regarding the president s infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. In recent days, current aides have downplayed or dismissed the damage of those words. The vast majority of americans that statement will hold true. For this small group of americans it hasnt. The calamitous thing here the website wasnt up. Many of those people who have to transition will get better insurance for less money but they cant tell now. Any debate regarding the president s statement ever took place. I dont recall significant discussions around some of the verbiage on this to be 100 honest with you. Do you agree it was a wrong move . Certainly. One former Senior Administration official said the law is crafted by white house and lawmakers, some white house policy advisers objected to breadth of keep your plan promise. They were overrule
That the president sold it on a basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. I think its rotting it away. Wait, theres a little bit more, the Washington Post obtaining an internal memo that shows an outside Health Adviser warning of trouble ahead for the rollout. Telling the administration, quote, i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president s vision or have the capability to carry it out. Looking back, people are going to be scratching their heads for years going how did they make this mistake . So how do mistakes like this happen inside the west wing . Well, look, i think thats a fairly devastating story. Joining me now is democratic congressman jerry nadler from new york. I want to get your reaction from this from the Washington Post article in which it says a 2008 obama Health Campaign adviser puts the rollout this way. They were running the biggest startup in the world and they didnt have anyone who had run a sta