On the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, let's jump in our trusty little time machine and set the dial to March 3, 2004:
WASHINGTON — Fresh from a two-day weekend visit to Iraq, the Bush administration's top health care official defended the $950 million that will be spent to help Iraq establish universal health care.
That official was former Wisconsin governor Tommy G. Thompson, now considering a run against Sen. Russ Feingold, who's telling constituents it appears that lobbyist Thompson is less interested in taking on the special interests than in taking them on as clients.
But I digress. We're on the eve of a momentous vote to enact major reform of the health delivery system in the U.S., so we need to assume our positions again in the time machine.
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