Quote of the Day: 'The Status Quo Is ... Bad For America'

Benjamin F. Carlson Feb 20, 2010
"The bottom line is that the status quo is good for the insurance industry and bad for America ... And as bad as things are today, they’ll only get worse if we fail to act ... What’s being tested here is not just our ability to solve this one problem, but our ability to solve any problem."

--President Barack Obama, "It's Time to Move Forward on Health Care Bill," RealClearPolitics

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