Obama On Health Care Bill: ‘I Own It’

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The President, in an interview with Steve Kroft that will be broadcast on 60 Minutes at 7 p.m. tonight, says of health reform: “I’m the one who’s going to be held responsible. So I have every incentive to get this right.”

In excerpts released by CBS, Obama also says:

I have no interest in having a bill get passed that fails. That doesn’t work. I intend to be president for a while, and once this bill passes, I own it.

Here’s the video:

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