Friday, December 4, 2009 1:31 PM
Durbin: LBJ Couldn't Pass Medicare Today
By Theresa Poulson, NationalJournal.com
At a forum hosted by Common Cause and Public Campaign today, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., remarked on the difficulty of passing health care reform, saying that President Lyndon Baines Johnson would not have been able to pass his landmark Medicare bill in today's climate.
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