Freedom
Facing vocal opposition from religious leaders and an escalating political fight, the White House sought on Tuesday to ease mounting objections to a new administration rule that would require health insurance plans — including those offered by Catholic universities and charities — to offer birth control to women free of charge. (NYT, 2/7/2012)
More free stuff! The way it works is like this: drug companies incur the costs associated with the manufacture of birth control products; these are provided to doctors and health clinics who incur the costs associated with distributing them to people; health insurance companies apparently then agree to just give them to patients for free. It is kind of like magic.
Down the Avenue
That's the meaning of the White House decision, announced late Monday night, to encourage donations to a struggling Super PAC trying to raise money to attack President Obama's Republican opponent this year. This would be the same kind of political action committee that Mr. Obama and other good liberals have been denouncing for months as an avenue for corruption and a blight on America's national honor. ... After the election, and especially if Mr. Obama wins, the President will switch one more time and become a reformer demanding limits on money in politics. And good liberals will praise him for it. (WSJ, 2/8/2012)
The article also reminds us of the head fake that Obama pulled on John McCain regarding campaign financing in the last election. Do Liberals even notice Obama's hypocrisy anymore?
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