Yes! Bring in Bill Clinton. Please.

With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through.

Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic senators Tuesday that passing health care reform — which he failed to do 15 years ago — is not only a moral issue but also “an economic imperative.”

Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint. He reminded Democrats of the political momentum their failure to pass reform in 1993 delivered the House of Representatives to the Republicans the following year.

"The point I want to make is: Just pass the bill, even if it's not exactly what you want," Clinton told Democrats. "When you try and fail, the other guys write history.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party protests against the Democratic agenda as a sign their party was making progress.

Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning." 

Justice McNamara

Update on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:17PM by Russ

 

This is great news. Take the figure most acutely responsible for the Republican Congressional takeover in '94 and trot him out in what the Dems hope is the final leg of the health care push.

Aside from Michele Obama being front and center, I can't think of anybody I'd rather see out there jabbering up health care than Slick Willie.

Boy, the Marine Corps Birthday and now Billy "Big Cigar" Clinton taking the ObamaCare public relations reigns...today was a good day.

Russ