MUST READ: The Economist Interviews Tom Daschle
Posted by The Campaign on June 29, 2009 at 2:55 PM
The Economist's blog, "Democracy in America", has a must read interview with former Senator Tom Daschle.
The interview focuses on the process, politics and policy of health care reform.
Here is one excerpt from the interview:
DIA: You've said that you'd be willing to compromise on most things in order to get health-care reform legislation passed. What wouldn't you be willing to compromise on?
Mr Daschle: I don't believe it's helpful to look at health-care reform and ask ourselves what issues we will and won't compromise on. All options are on the table. That's what my colleagues at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Senators Dole and Baker, and I did when we developed our bipartisan health reform agreement. We had to make some tough decisions on policies that we care very deeply about, but in the end, we reached our goal-a plan that both Republicans and Democrats can support.
For the full interview click here.
The Economist also has two must reads from its print edition. We will be talking about those in a little bit.
