Baucus apologizes to White House

Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:50 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC's Chuck Todd and Domenico Montanaro
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus

called the White House today and apologized for saying that the president's opposition to taxing health-care benefits "is not helping us" get a bipartisan health reform bill, according to senior Obama aides.

"The president is not helping us," Baucus said earlier today, as reported by NBC's Ken Strickland. "He does not want the exclusion. That's making it difficult."

It is true that the president is opposed to taxing health-care benefits. In fact, as we've previously reported, President Obama spent millions on campaign ads attacking John McCain for proposing just that. But Baucus apologized for his tone.

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Baucus did the right thing. He saw the error of his statement and apologized. I wish politicians would do that more often. Unfortunately that is all they would be doing especiall the Republicans for a host or reasons.

eagle1776 (Sent Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:01 PM)

these democrats, "it's as if they're proud of there STUPIDITY." GET IT TOGETHER GUYS. You keep bickering with each other when all you have to really do is point out the hypocritcal CRIMINALITY of your opposition through legal investigations; I am talking to you Eric Holder. Begin investigations of everything, twelve seperate special prosecutors, and let us begin showing the world who we are and how we are different from the Re-peat-the-lie-to-the-PUBLIC-
ans. Get this done and all our problems go away. Fraud requires restitution.

PCR (Sent Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:25 PM)

MAX BAUCUS IS IN THE POCKETS OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES,HE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TO ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

GLORIA MALEYKO (Sent Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:39 PM)

Why is Baucus apologizing? Too bad if Barry's little feelings got hurt by the truth. We now know whose Baucus's daddy is now too.

Romeo Sanchez, FL (Sent Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:40 PM)

Why should Sen Baucus apologize for telling the truth?
He seems to be one of the few honest Dems in Congress.

Obama, One and Done/Atlanta (Sent Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:49 PM)

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