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White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto was ready with the A material at his morning briefing with reporters.
The topic was congressional Democrats’ determination to pass another children’s health insurance bill despite another White House promise to veto it if it does not meet President Bush’s standards.
The Democrats, lead by Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, says Fratto, are just trying to score political points, not standing on principle, as they claim.
And now here it comes…
“It’s not based on principle,” says Fratto, setting up his zinger. “I think the last principal Rahm Emanuel knew was in his high school.”
Stay up late coming up with that one Tony?
“It just came to me,” he insisted.
Didn’t take long for Emanuel to respond.
“I’ll gladly see my high school principal if President Bush will allow 10 million kids to see a pediatrician,” he said in a statement. “And by the way, after I helped negotiate the bill to create SCHIP, Governor Bush was second to last in enrolling kids in SCHIP, but I do appreciate the lecture.”
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