Liberals Finally Discover Obama the Centrist

Pardon me if I chuckle as libs such as Ed Schultz, who once maligned the Clintons with abandon, now gripe about Obama on health care and approvingly quote Bill (as he did tonight on his MSNBC show). Wasn't it obvious during the Democratic nomination race? Obama proffered the least ambitious health reform plan of the top three party candidates. In debates he was inarticulate, at best, on the subject. And his campaign even blasted Hillary Clinton's blueprint at one point, accusing her of planning to garnish wages because she proposed mandatory insurance (part of today's GOP attack against his plan) -- and yet somehow Obama got away with calling her the undependable centrist. Of course, going slow on health reform proposals as a candidate helped Obama raise tons of cash in the early days from industry donors worried about Hillary and John Edwards. It seems that it's all coming home to roost, but folks like Schultz are just now figuring it out. Hey Ed, you got who you asked for.

Craig blogs daily on CQ Politics.