It has amazed me that the Obama administration took so long to invoke the "moral" option. As my colleague David Gibson reported, it wasn't until Aug. 19 -- pretty far into the health care debate -- that President Obama participated in a call-in rally with sympathetic religious leaders to make the scriptural case for his proposal. The president cast health care reform as "a core ethical and moral obligation: that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother's keeper, that I am my sister's keeper." Of course, it's not so simple when the religious and the political have become entwined. Several large conservative Christian churches say the current health care system "is working," and oppose changes.
Yesterday it was the Catholic hierarchy telling Congress to shape up and pass a health care reform bill. Today it is a high-profile cohort from the religious left telling President Obama, in effect,...
In a strongly worded appeal that will test their political influence, especially with their pro-life and Republican allies, the Catholic bishops of the United States have told Congress to put politics...
At a town hall meeting in Ohio Friday, President Obama focused on economic recovery and job growth, while vowing to continue to fight for health care reform. The president defended his proposal to...




