Credit where due

Which he likely also skirted. If Obama doesn't add a significant public plan, we are in for more of the same. People need to understand that as long as the only way to get coverage without a preexisting condition clause is through employer plans, any Obama plan will be fatally flawed. We need to provide a competing coverage system of automatic coverage to develop a large enough pool of insureds so that employers can stop providing coverage as a benefit and concentrate on business. All premiums should also be automatically treated as paid pre-tax (including payroll taxes)for all taxpayers. Run it like Medicare with private companies providing the coverage under federal plan outlines and let the consumer choose the level of coverage. The insurance companies will compete for our dollars to build profitable pools.

Perhaps Tapper really isn't Obama's "butt boy."