Confronted with Past Promises, Pelosi Insists She Told the Truth on ObamaCare

‘It’s not that it’s not correct, it’s that if you want to keep, it’s important that the insurance companies to say to people this is what your plan does’

Watch Nancy Pelosi Struggle To Defend Obama's Promise That People Could Keep Their Health Insurance (Business Insider)

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) joined David Gregory on Meet The Press this morning and attempted to justify President Obama's line that "if you like your plan, you can keep it." Despite the fact that millions of Americans are receiving cancellation notices, Pelosi has refused to admit that the president's promise has not come true.

"Are you accountable for saying something that turned out not to be correct," Gregory asked.

"It's not that it's not correct, it's that if you want to keep," Pelosi responded, "It's important that the insurance companies to say to people this is what your plan does. It doesn't prevent you from being discriminated against on the basis of pre-existing conditions. It doesn't prevent lifetime limits, annual limits"

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