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NBC's Andrea Mitchell offered a recap of President Barack Obama's weekend visit to Bagram Air Force Base to inspect the troops and to Kabul for talks with Hamid Karzai, his Afghan counterpart. She relayed the perception that their diplomacy was "noticeably tense," fearful that the corruption of Karzai's regime would undercut military progress on the battlefield.
By the way, Mitchell noted that the healthcare reforms signed into law last week are "still opposed by a majority of Americans." The latest results from NBC News' own opinion poll contradict that assertion. Chuck Todd cited 45% opposition two weeks ago. By a broader measure it turns out she is right--but only by a whisker. Pollster.com's poll of polls finds average opposition at 50.4%.
CBS' Ben Tracy filed an update on one provision of healthcare reform, the rule that insurance companies will not be allowed to refuse to cover children if they have pre-existing conditions. It turns out there is a loophole in the law's language: "Insurance companies say that just means if they choose to cover a child, they have to cover the pre-existing condition and its costs but they do not actually have to offer new coverage." The compulsory coverage does not kick in until 2014. ABC had David Wright move on from healthcare to the next item on the President's domestic agenda--reform of the public schools. He updated us on Race to the Top, the program that turns No Child Left Behind into a competition, already covered by CBS' Tracy.
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