Pelosi: It’s Not ObamaCare, It’s The ‘Affordable, Affordable, Affordable’ Care Act

‘Whatever it is, it is infinitely more affordable than the path we are on without the Affordable Care Act’

REPORTER: "Could I just ask, in the current environment, in a swing district, is ObamaCare a winner or a loser, politically?"
PELOSI: "Well, you have to ask a member, but I believe it's a winner. And by the way, it's called the Affordable Care Act. It's called the Affordable Care Act. And I know you didn't intend anything complement or derogatory -- it's called the Affordable Care Act. When people know what it is and see what it means to them. And that's the case we have to make, we are a grown-ups. When Franklin Roosevelt put out, when they moved forward with Social Security, he said I'm so concerned with this, now make me do it. Everybody has to spread the word to what this is. As the president said yesterday, change is hard. It always is."
REPORTER: "It's a winner. First of all, I was only reflecting that the president himself has used that phrase."
PElOSI: "And I will tell you the same thing I told him. Affordable. Affordable. There is a reason. Affordable. Affordable. Affordable. Affordable, affordable. The reason they changed the name of it is they want to get away -- they, the opponents -- from the word 'affordable.' And that's why I'm patient with some of these comments. Whatever it is, it is infinitely more affordable than the path we are on without the Affordable Care Act."
REPORTER: "If it's a winner, why are so many Democrats struggling to respond to the attacks."
PELOSI: "Well, I don't know that they are. Are you in their district? I --"
REPORTER: "I was in Florida yesterday."
PELOSI: "Well, and Alex Sink said she supported the Affordable Care Act and wanted to make improvements on it. I say that myself. I don't say anything different. I don's say anything different about that."
 

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