Webb: Obama was "Terrible" at Healthcare Reform
HamptonRoads.com reports:
In response to audience questions, the senator was critical of the legislative gridlock in Congress, saying Republicans deliberately tried to block any progress on key bills but conceding Democrats had their own problems.
The Obama administration "did a really terrible job handling health care reform," he said, because the president relied on Congress to draft a plan.
"You can't turn something that complicated loose on the United States Congress," he said, adding that the resulting debate led to great public confusion.
"People got scared. People got mad.... We lost an enormous amount of time on health care.... Both sides made bad mistakes."
When asked whether the federal tax code could be simplified, Webb sighed loudly, prompting laughter. He said he wants a simpler tax system, but "it's pretty complicated to get those changes made."
