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What Could Have Been?

by Josh Marshall

11.25.13 | 10:45 am

**FILE** In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, then President-elect Barack Obama, right, stands with then Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle, during a news confere... **FILE** In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, then President-elect Barack Obama, right, stands with then Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle, during a news conference in Chicago. Daschle's nomination as health and human services secretary was derailed over a back taxes flap earlier this year. But that's not stopping Daschle, a close ally of the president, from playing a significant role in Capitol Hill health care talks _ much as he'd be doing if he'd actually gotten the job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) MORE LESS

Tom Daschle was supposed to be the Secretary of HHS under President Obama. That means he was supposed to manage the roll out of Health Care Reform. We asked him what he thinks of the last 8 weeks.

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