1.0 link 64193 <![CDATA[Obama: Keeping His Congressional Health Insurance]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/12/obama-keeping-his-congres_n_64193.html During the HuffPost/Yahoo!/Slate Candidate Mashup, Barack Obama told Charlie Rose that he would not be joining Sen. Sherrod Brown in his pledge to give up his congressional health insurance until every American had coverage.

"I think the sentiment is exactly right," said Obama, who then joked: "I need to talk to [Brown's] wife Connie and find out what kind of coverage she's got. Because we don't want him in a tough bind."

Obama then turned the discussion back to the plight of...

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