It was quite a sight Monday afternoon: President Obama pitching his health care agenda before the American Medical Association, frequently eliciting applause and cheers and laughs, happily chatting with members after the event. You would almost get a sense of solidarity between the two parties.
Students of history, however, knew better.
The AMA has been the leading obstacle to progressive health care reform for nearly a century -- tracing all the way back to Theodore Roosevelt, the first American president...
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