Henry noticed a change in Obama sometime in 2009. The president seemed less interested in the economy than in overhauling the nation’s health care system. He was dismissive of polls showing that the public opposed his plan, and derisive of Republican proposals to reform medical malpractice law and sell health insurance plans across state lines. Even after the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in 2010, Obama remained fixed on defending his unpopular and unworkable health law and increasing taxes on the “rich.”
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