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COMMENTS: The Law’s Delay
So healthcare reform did indeed take a back seat. Barack Obama tried to keep it in the spotlight by inviting yet another network anchor to keep him company. This time it was Terry Moran of ABC's Nightline, traveling with the President to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Yet there was little of substance about healthcare itself to report. The news was procedural, as the Senate decided not to vote on its bill before the fall. "Obama acknowledged that things were slowing down," Moran noted. CBS' Chip Reid called missing the August deadline "a rare defeat" for the President: "Some Democrats worry that a month-long delay will give the President's critics time to mount a campaign and turn public opinion."
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