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Mr. Obama laments the events that caused him to withdraw the nomination of his anointed healthcare-reform czar, former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, as Health and Human Services Secretary. Reaching back to the lofty rhetoric of his campaign, he implores his audience to look past his own lapse in judgment and seize the opportunity to implement sweeping national reform that puts health insurance within reach for the millions already uninsured – and the millions more whose coverage is jeopardized by the nation’s economic crisis.

“I’ve seen such an approach work,” Kennedy declares, “in my own home state, where in just two years we’ve seen 500,000 people who were uninsured gain access to quality healthcare as a result of an agreement among Republicans, Democrats, hospitals, insurers, and the voters. They came together because they understood this issue was too important to remain bogged down in politics any longer. Now I am here to introduce my partner in that process; a man whose life experience spans the heights of the public, private and nonprofit sectors; a man whose commitment to the goal of seeing every American receive quality, affordable healthcare is every bit as strong as my own; the man who I believe can work with the president, the Congress and the entire healthcare system to reach this goal; my friend, my former governor, Mitt Romney.”

Putting Romney forward as the face of reform would be extraordinary, controversial, and risky. But, then again, so would anything resembling meaningful healthcare reform. It would require sacrifice on both sides of the political aisle – far beyond any of the halting, symbolic bows at bipartisanship exchanged thus far in the Obama era. And it may be the last, best opportunity to salvage the effort in the wake of Daschle’s fall.

Are these guys really considering this?  May I see a show of hands of those who think that Romney would play ball with the Obama Admin?  If he does then there goes his run for president in 2012……if he does then he will crap all over his conservative credentials……Would he take the position if offered So many questions…so little to work with…..?