Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) told reporters earlier today that President Obama is “making it difficult” to reach a bipartisan compromise on health care.
“Basically, the president is not helping us,” the Finance Committee chairman said. He was referring to Obama’s opposition to a tax on some employer-provided benefits.
The White House brushed off the comment when a reporter brought it up to Bill Burton, a White House deputy press secretary.
“Nobody said it was going to be easy,” Burton said. “And there are obviously bumps along the way to getting to final passage of legislation in both the House and the Senate. But we think that we’ve been able to make a lot of progress. And those comments notwithstanding, this week has been a very great week.”
