What you missed on Washington Week: Obama falls on his sword

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Channel: Washington Week PBS · 2013 · News & Politics

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After President Obama's press conference about problems implementing the Affordable Care Act, our panel discussed the president's plan to allow people to keep previously-cancelled insurance plans for one year.  But will Congress be able to agree on a fix?

"[Obama's] fallen on his sword," ABC News' Jeff Zeleny said.  "We've used that metaphor so many times.  I mean, he's bloody."

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