Obama Never Wanted A Public Option

Except for when he did. Only ABC's Jake Tapper bothers to fact check Obama.

"I didn't campaign on the public option," President Obama told the Washington Post yesterday.

Is that true?

It depends on what the meaning of "campaign" is.

Was it a major emphasis of his campaign? Not after he won the Democratic presidential nomination.

But did he mention it? Was it part of his "campaign"? Yes.

He told Planned Parenthood activists in 2007 that he wanted to set up "a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don't have health insurance. It will be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services."

His still active campaign website promises a public option and his campaign literature was quite clear about his intention to impose socialized medicine.


The mainstream media can fact check things that really matter, such as Sarah Palin's memoirs, but can't be bothered to fact check our president.