Tom Carper actually said...

Tom Carper of Delaware... pressed the president behind closed doors to bend on that and specifically, to hold off on that so-called public option for several years.

Context

Tom Carper expresses his concerns to President Obama about the public option in health care reform.

09/09/2009

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