President comments on national health care proposal

The President issued the following statement on the national health care proposal, comparing it to the earlier Democratic proposal:

"The opposition was still the same- political opponents of my administration, reactionaries, and leaders of 'organized medicine.' The same false charge of 'socialized medicine' was used to discredit the program and confuse and mislead the people."

That statement, by the way, was not made by Barack Obama, but is taken from the memoirs of Harry S Truman.