Transcript: In Health Care Debate, Echoes Of History

GUY RAZ
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
09-12-2009
In Health Care Debate, Echoes Of History

Host: GUY RAZ
Time 19:00-20:00 PM


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GUY RAZ, host:

For more on the emotions stirred this week, we turn to Peniel Joseph. He's a professor of history and politics at Tufts University.

Peniel, welcome to the show.

Professor PENIEL JOSEPH (History and politics, Tufts University): Thank you for having me.

RAZ: Let me start with the president's speech on Capitol Hill Wednesday night. He staked a claim in that speech. He said he wouldn't back down on the issue of health care, almost implying that he will ram it through Congress with or without Republican support. That seems like a politically ...

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