With Senate health care win likely, Dems now must woo public
Politics • December 2009 • Views: 464
WASHINGTON — Democrats are calling the Senate’s health-care bill a first big step toward insuring more Americans and controlling costs, while Republicans counter that it’s the first step toward bigger government and higher taxes.
The two parties are locked in a fierce battle to sway public opinion, and whoever wins it will win the health-care struggle, which now looks likely to stretch into 2010.