New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) says he told President Obama, “Let’s make a last effort to get universal health care… But if it doesn’t work let’s move into creating jobs and boosting the economy.”
Richardson, a 2008 presidential hopeful, made the comments after leaving a meeting between governors and President Obama at the White House.
Richardson said President Obama laid out some of his new health care plan, which, “focuses on pre-existing conditions, insurance reform, a lot of good measures.”
Richardson also lamented partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill, saying governors would do a better job at running Washington than congress is presently doing, “If we had to run Washington, governors and the president, we’d do great.”