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Hillary takes aim at Obama on health care

By Christina Bellantoni
November 26, 2007

CANCER FIGHTER: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton called Mary Worden-Fielder one of the nation's "real heroes" Saturday in Sioux City, Iowa.

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IOWA FALLS, Iowa — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton often tells voters she is proud of the Democratic field of presidential candidates, saying it's so nice that "you don't have to be against anybody."

But Mrs. Clinton, locked in a tight race in Iowa, is increasingly criticizing the Democrats who are hoping to defeat her in the Jan. 3 caucuses, especially Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

On a two-day swing through central and western Iowa this weekend, the New York Democrat stressed her own experience but went after Mr. Obama's health care plan.

"One of my opponents leaves 15 million people out. That's a lot of people," she said Saturday in Sioux City without naming Mr. Obama. "If you don't try to cover everybody, all the special interests are going to nibble you to death."

Later in Sac City, she talked about health care being "a fight worth having," and again got in a dig at the Obama plan.

"One of my opponents claims he has a universal plan, but ... it doesn't cover everybody, and that is a mistake," she said. "Americans understand this is a fight we have to win."

During a rare press availability with reporters yesterday, Mrs. Clinton sharpened her rhetoric, calling Mr. Obama's plan "confusing."

"Well, it's been kind of confusing following his description of his own plan," Mrs. Clinton said. "He said it was universal; he said it was sort of universal; he said it wasn't universal; he said it covered everybody; he said he didn't cover 15 million; he has a mandate for kids; now, he's against mandates."

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