Rep. Frank says he urged Obama to back off healthcare reform

The Hill ^ | April 16, 2012 | Julian Pecquet

[maggief]

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) thought President Obama was making a "mistake" in pressing for healthcare reform in 2010 and urged the White House to back off after Democrats lost their 60-seat majority in the Senate, the congressman tells New York magazine.

"I think we paid a terrible price for healthcare," Frank told the magazine in a lengthy interview as he prepares to retire at the end of his 16th term. "I would not have pushed it as hard. As a matter of fact, after [Sen.] Scott Brown [R-Mass.] won [in January 2010], I suggested going back. I would have started with financial reform, but certainly not healthcare."

[Gay State Conservative]

Good God....you know you dealing with a true psychopath when you learn that BARNEY FRANK is more concerned about the will of the people then the PRESIDENT.

I guess we can't be certain that this actually occurred...he might just be cleaning up his CV in preparation for his days on the lecture circuit.

[Gay State Conservative]

Darn keyboard...FR should allow posters to edit their posts after they're up.

[BitWielder1]

Is this another "If I knew then what I know now" (how many votes it was going to cost us), I would have spun it differently.
TOO LATE Mr. Single Payer.

[capydick]

I would not have pushed it as hard

He has his topics mixed up.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I wonder WHY he admits this?

The Dems all know that Barry is going down in their history books as an EPIC FAIL. He just wants to be among the first to claim "I told ya so".

[blueunicorn6]

Close, but no cigar.

Barney said, “You back off and I’ll bend over.”

[SaraJohnson]

We should not drop the memory that all these horrible, oppressive laws were passed in a hurry, without the Congress reading studying and debating them. Nazi Pelosi: “We have to pass the bill so we can find out what’s in it!”

[Buckeye McFrog]

plus, given his druthers, I think Barney would have chosen “Public Floggings of Bankers in Fenway Park” as his #1 top priority anyhow.

[freekitty]

Good Grief.