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CARRIE BUDOFF BROWNAnd this week, (Obama) returned to an argument Democratic strategists said shouldn't be part of the pitch this year — trying to convince Americans they have a “
moral obligation” to help people without insurance, a
discredited argument from the reform effort under President Bill Clinton.
The relevant part of the article linked to on "moral obligation:"
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Obama said providing health insurance is important because of...) "...a core ethical and moral obligation: that is that we look out for one another, that
I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. In the wealthiest nation on earth right now, we are neglecting to live up to that call.”
Via
David Kurtz at TPM.
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