Reporter to Jay Carney: ‘Is it Mission Accomplished’ on ObamaCare?

‘That phrase is not one that I would employ’

Jay Carney Bristles at Jon Karl’s Repeated Obamacare Question: ‘Is This Mission Accomplished?’ (Mediaite)

In the months-long media debate over the rollout of Obamacare and its website, opponents of the law have repeatedly tried to link health care reform with failures of past presidencies, including the Iraq War. At Monday’s White House Daily Briefing, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl found a clever way to invoke that comparison, repeatedly asking Press Secretary Jay Carney if this weekend’s re-launch of Healthcare.gov is “Mission Accomplished.”

“In terms of the goals you set for this moment, in terms of the website being functional for the vast majority of users, is it Mission Accomplished?” Karl asked.

Carney ignored the reference at first, responding that “We were working very hard to make the necessary fixes to improve the website so that by December 1, it would function effectively for the vast majority of users. The metric that we use to measure that has to do with response time, and the stability of the site, and the error rate.”

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