Tax fuck-up Tom Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee
February 3, 2009 at 1:54 pm by Wayne GarciaHis statement: “I have just informed the president that I am withdrawing my name from consideration… If 30 years of exposure to the challenges inherent in our system has taught me anything, it has taught me that this work will require a leader who can operate with the full faith of Congress and the American people, and without distraction. Right now, I am not that leader and I will not be a distraction.”
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
You really hate to see someone with that set of skills screw the pooch in such a public way, but maybe this time we’ll get someone in there who has no history of licking the Health Insurance Industry’s taint.