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The President's publicity generating efforts aside, the healthcare news of the day concerned discord among Congressional Democrats. CBS' Nancy Cordes focused on the split in their House caucus over how to fund the next decade's $1tr pricetag: "More and more of them oppose a proposed surtax on the wealthy." ABC's Jake Tapper found a disagreement between Senate Democrats and House Democrats over tax increases and cost controls. They are in accord, Tapper conceded, about pre-existing conditions, an option of government-run coverage and an emphasis on "prevention and wellness programs." NBC's Chuck Todd filed a brief stand-up from the White House on Barack Obama's meeting with conservative Democrats. Todd detected nervousness about the need to raise revenues: "The last time a Congress had to vote to raise taxes," he reminded us, "was in 1993."
Last week, CBS' Chip Reid displayed excessive solicitude towards small business when he profiled the $280K-a-year owner of a mountaineering firm who does not provide healthcare for his 25-person staff. Now ABC's Chris Bury (at the tail of the Tapper videostream) is assigned to check out a jeweler, a restaurateur and a market stallholder in smalltown Missouri on their reaction to the healthcare debate. He spoke to the three employers but only one of their workers--a waitress who prefers government-provided healthcare to a workplace plan.
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