Using slightly stronger language than he did in earlier interviews (like this one and this one), White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod told CNN today that President Obama’s not giving up on health care after last night’s Democratic loss in the Massachusetts special election.
He’s not gonna walk away from that fight for the American people. But there are also, obviously, people are speaking on this issue. There’s frustration with the pace of this. And congressional debate always distorts the substance of what’s in these bills and that hurts this enterprise.
“While this wasn’t, I think, the referendum on health care that some have portrayed it to be, that’s obviously an element of people’s frustration.”
Here’s the video:
