Obama on Racist Rhetoric, Health Care Craziness and Rude News

This just in from President Obama: Being rude is the easiest way to get airtime. Well, at least that’s his take on the lows to which public discourse has sunk of late, especially concerning the keenly contentious issue that is health care reform. Obama fields questions about all this and more (ahem, Afghanistan) in these clips from Sunday’s episode of “Meet the Press.”  —KA

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