Barack Obama Alters Broken Pledge: You Can Keep Your Insurance Plan, If It Hasn't Changed
Promise was a lie
President Obama has added a caveat to his oft-repeated pledge that if you like your health care plan, you can keep it.
Speaking to more than 200 supporters on Monday night in Washington, Obama added some significant verbiage to his declaration-- "if you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance"--that was standard part of his public pitch on his signature health care legislation dating back to 2009.
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He's still a lier, period.
Actually, it was just a typo: "You can keep your insurance if **I** like it." After all, it only depends on what the meaning of is is.