Thread: Hillary on Medical Savings Accounts
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Old 01-23-2007, 07:16 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by vharlow View Post
Rep. Hastert, whose legislative plan included tax-deferred Medical Savings Accounts with contributions by employers. He concluded after a discussion with First Lady Hillary Clinton that there was little common ground on which to negotiate with the Clinton Administration on health care legislation. "Health Has No Fury," David Brock, The American Spectator, November 1996.
Vharlow, I noticed you gave the source for this information as David Brock, in The American Spectator. I looked it up. He does not seem to give sources for his information, or else I'm totally missing them. And he says it was Hastert's recollection of the conversation. He doesn't give Clinton's recollection of the same conversation. Why not? If he's an investigative reporter (like it says at the end of the article), he should have gotten both sides.

If asked about this conversation now, will she even remember it???

I think Mr. Brock blew it when he neglected to corroborate the story with Clinton.