“ [Obama] was asked to commit not to use his money to seek extraordinary care outside the scope of his nationwide proposals if something horrible happened to somebody in his family. In other words, he was asked to restrict his family to the level of care he was able to provide for everybody. Of course he said no. If something happened to Sasha or Malia, he’s not going to compromise his efforts to help them for political reasons. Most of us wouldn’t want him to.
Well put. See also Pete Abel.
The implicit argument (that Obama is a hypocrite because what he proposes for the rest of us is not good enough for his family) would make more sense if Obama’s proposals weren’t just to provide a stronger baseline option for millions of people with no healthcare while leaving anyone with enough money for more coverage to purchase it if they so desire.
Hot Air specializes in this phenomenon, the straw zinger, as best I can tell.
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