But it's not his fault that he sent out a memo asking that his death panels be kept secret. This reminds me of Charles Barkley, who claimed to have been misquoted in his autobiography.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) is distancing himself from a memo sent by his office that urged health reform advocates not to advertise new end-of-life counseling regulations to avoid reviving talk of “death panels.”
The weeks-old memo recommended that end-of-life advocates celebrate a “quiet” victory out of concern that Republican leaders would “use this small provision to perpetuate the ‘death panel’ myth.”
Blumenauer now says he regrets the letter's secretive language, which has only bolstered conservatives’ claims that the Obama administration tried to sneak the provision in under the radar.
“If I had seen the memo, I would have suggested it be worded differently,” Blumenauer told The Hill.
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