Hope, Change and Tom Daschle

Politics | Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:17:00 am PST

As part of his plan to solve every problem ever imagined, and bring a new wave of change and hope to Washington, Barack Obama has picked another Washington good old boy to head his health care boondoggle: Obama picks Daschle to spearhead healthcare.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday chose former Sen. Tom Daschle to spearhead healthcare reform — putting a Washington veteran in charge of one of the most ambitious and expensive gambles of his administration. ...

Daschle, a former Senate majority leader, will lead Obama’s new White House office on health reform and serve as secretary of health and human services, making him the top Obama authority on healthcare reform.