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Source: The Hill
"I don't know where he was when I was trying to get healthcare in '93 and '94," Clinton said, according to New York Times reporter Amy Chozick.
"Literally standing right behind her," Mike Casca tweeted with a photo of Clinton and Sanders during a speech on healthcare.
Others shared an image of a note from Clinton to Sanders thanking him for his "commitment to real health care."
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272790-sanders-spokesperson-fires-back-at-clinton-for-healthcare
Hillary's trustworthiness polling weakness is a disaster of her own making.
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It's nearing the point where I think she doesn't really give a shit if she's caught anymore. nt
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2016
#50
I'm literally shaking my head. Usually it's Republican candidates that are this divorced from past
PoliticAverse
Mar 2016
#4
Perhaps an introduction is in order. Hillary, meet our friends the Googles, the Facebook,
agracie
Mar 2016
#120
25 years in Congress. He was a newbie in 1993. What could he have possibly taken the lead on. This
livetohike
Mar 2016
#96
You are exactly what is wrong with the HRC "campaign." Duck! Squirrel! Bob & Weave. Pathetic...
StandingInLeftField
Mar 2016
#97
Where are you putting those goalposts when you get sick of moving them around?
Ed Suspicious
Mar 2016
#20
I believe he did. I don't believe he just stands behind people. He helped. Unlike some others,
roguevalley
Mar 2016
#21
Funny you should ask, here's Bernie LEADING the fight against Republicans in 1993:
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#23
He repeatedly introduced legislation and amendments while she gave up and sold out.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#67
No, he kept tilting at windmills while she got 8 million kids covered by SCHIP. nt
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#87
No she didn't. She is not fighting against single payer, she is fight FOR Obamacare.
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#98
Breaking down barriers so the insurance and pharmaceutical industries can make more money.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#104
Seriously? She took MILLIONS of dollars from them! Why do you think she flip flopped?
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#108
Practically EVERYONE is speaking to an empty room. That says more about Congress than Bernie.
flor-de-jasmim
Mar 2016
#58
He fought for health care for decades, what did she do besides pose for photo ops?
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#42
Oh, dear! & me a female atty. who broke glass ceilings & taught women's studies at Pitt!
Divernan
Mar 2016
#52
He may have "committed" to single payer, but he did not fight for it--even in Vermont.
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#69
He was a US senator, he couldn't propose legislation in Vermont. He did propose it in the senate.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#86
Are you saying Hillary was insincere in thanking people that may not have actually helped
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2016
#26
the real question is, who are they gonna hide behind to lecture us for insisting on correcting lies?
MisterP
Mar 2016
#17
I wonder if her memory is slipping..With all the proof why would she say this or
bkkyosemite
Mar 2016
#30
no joke: i seriously think hillary has reached cognitive political overdose
veronique25
Mar 2016
#44
Nice try but that was him "getting his hands dirty" risking his career to fight for us.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#76
Poor Hillary. She keeps forgetting about things like videos, photos, the internet.
merrily
Mar 2016
#77
Why did she sell us out after her lark failed? MILLIONS of reasons:
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#110
She's a liar. And she might have alzheimer's if she believes what she said this time.
cui bono
Mar 2016
#121