... started his health care push by reaching out to all sides. Now it's stuck in a partisan mess over his idea of a government insurance plan that would compete with private companies. The idea got little attention when Obama proposed it as a candidate ...

... wife and daughters got sick? Would Obama promise that they would get only the services allowed under a new government insurance plan he's proposing. Obama wouldn't bite. If "it's my family member, if it's my wife, if it's my children ...

... Signaling arguments to come, however, he told Obama that there is concern that giving many people the option of a government insurance plan something Obama has proposed would reduce competition Republican Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri said the same at ...