Barack Obama actually said...
There is a certain portion of the Republican Party that spews this like they saw '93 and '94. The last time there was a major health reform effort they explicitly went after the Clintons, said we're not going to get this done. That went down. And the -- at least the history the way it's viewed here in Washington is that that's what helped defeat Democrats.
Context
Obama discusses the Republican Party's historical opposition to health reform efforts and how it contributed to Democratic defeats.
07/19/2009