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  • STATE SENATOR Obama Tried the Same Rhetoric in Sneak Health "Trojan Horse" Through Illinois Senate

    08/31/2009 6:22:56 PM PDT · by Shellybenoit · 9 replies · 907+ views
    Chicago Sun Times/The Lid ^ | 8/31/09 | The Lid
    The more things change, the more they stay the same. Back in 2004, Barack Obama was an Illinois State Senator, and an announced candidate for the US Senate. The future POTUS introduced a health care bill to revolutionize the health insurance industry in his state, kind of a proto-Obamacare bill. The Republican opposition realized the way the bill was written it was just a Trojan horse leading to a state-run insurance company that would put private insurers in Illinois out of business and eventually a single-payer system (sound familiar?) Just before the vote, Obama debated the bill with State Senator...