Barack Obama actually said...

"What you can't do -- or you can but you shouldn't do -- is start saying things like -- we want to set up death panels to pull the plug on Grandma. I mean, come on."

"President Obama is bringing back the end-of-life counseling measures that were dropped from health care reform."

"What you can do or you can but you shouldn't do, is start saying things like -- we want to set up death panels to pull the plug on grandma. I mean, come on."

"I find that conditions of good administration ... make necessary an exception to the competitive hiring rules for certain positions in the Federal civil service."