Did Obama Lie About Obamacare?

Stuart Stevens: “When you repeat something of substance you know not to be true, you’re lying. And that’s the simple reality: one of ‘the most memorable’ promises of the Obama presidency was simply a lie.”

“Why did he do it? The obvious answer is probably the correct one: he didn’t tell the truth because he feared the consequences of telling the truth. If people knew they might lose their coverage, it would have made the Affordable Care Act more difficult to pass. And like a lot of falsehoods, once you start, it’s hard to stop.”

“What Obama did was far more deliberate than Nixon’s obfuscation on Vietnam. Nixon at least never claimed to have a ‘secret plan,’ though to the degree that he was seen as having a plan, he no doubt benefited. But Obama simply repeated a direct and clear lie in direct and clear terms over and over.”