Obama and Grassley smooth out Twitter flap

Obama and Grassley smooth out Twitter flap
By: Susan Ferrechio

Chief Congressional Correspondent
06/10/09 7:49 PM EDT

Things are smoothed over between President Barack Obama and Sen. Charles Grassley after the Iowa Republican's weekend Twitter post in which he told Obama he "got nerve" criticizing Congress for not completing a health care bill "while U sightseeing in Paris."

Grassley and several other Senators huddled with Obama in the White House Wednesday to talk about health care reform, but Obama also joked with Grassley about the twitter comment.

Obama was in Europe last weekend to mark the 65th anniversary of the allied invasion during World War II and his trip included sightseeing with wife Michelle and their two children.

While there, Obama delivered his weekly radio and internet address, saying "it's time to deliver" a health care reform plan, prompting the irate tweet from Grassley, who said Senators and their staff have been working around the clock to get a deal done.

When asked about his meeting with Obama Wednesday, Grassley told reporters, "I think he joked something about, Chuck, I thought it was important that I be in Normandy or something like that as a recall. And I agree with him that he should have been there."

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insults from idiots like Grassley roll off his back. I'm glad he does; he's got bigger fish to fry. He also has so much character for doing so. Way more than Grassley, no doubt.

"I kno u not nail .... but u need to kno I not hamr .... r we gr8 now?"