White House Won’t Hit Lieberman Hard For Health Care Opposition

From HuffingtonPost.com:

The Obama administration said on Wednesday that they “disagree” with the substance of Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s critique of a public option for insurance coverage. But in the daily press briefing with reporters, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs treaded carefully when it came to pushing back against the Connecticut Independent’s threat to potentially filibuster health care reform.

Gibbs could not (or simply refused to) name the last time that the president had spoken with the senator. He said he was unaware of communication between the two “in the last week.” In addition, the press secretary would not comment on the possibility of progressive interest groups targeting Lieberman for potentially holding up health care reform over his concerns about a public plan.

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