There Goes That Biden Again

Senator, the Vice President is here to talk to you about Health Care...

Look, I like Vice President Joe Biden as much as the next person, but I have to ask the question--does this mean they're trying to kill health care reform? Does it mean that they want to screw it up?

Fresh off his trip to Iraq, Vice President Biden will wade deep into the health-care debate next week, according to administration sources.

Biden is slated to give his "first major health policy address" Tuesday to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and on Wednesday visits the Leisure World retirement community in Silver Spring.
On the subject of Obama and health reform, seniors have been the most skeptical age group in the nation. That's a major concern for the White House because retirees vote in large numbers, particularly in mid-term elections. Biden, who will be joined at Leisure World by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and White House health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle, plans to "talk directly to seniors about how changes in Medicare will not affect them medically and will in fact, strengthen the system," said an aide who was not authorized to be quoted.
Biden's higher profile also will also come during a week in which President Obama will turn his focus to foreign policy.
Perhaps more importantly, Biden will be reaching out to an array of lawmakers to press the case for bipartisan enactment of a bill that expands insurance coverage and holds down skyrocketing costs. After spending 36 years in the Senate, Biden's role will be less as a health policy expert and more as a peer.

The Vice President, gaffe prone and more oriented towards foreign policy, is a strange choice. Is this desperation? Is this a good idea? That's one that I cannot begin to contemplate.

UPDATE: I received a few inquiries--no, Father was not staying at Leisure World in Silver Spring--he was staying at the other one when he walked away from the facility. We looked at the one in Silver Spring and deemed it too close to our home and not up to his high standards of care.

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