July 27, 2009 10:52AM 

# Obama the Uniter 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R‑KY), [commenting on President Obama’s health plan](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090727/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul): “The only thing bipartisan about the measure so far is the opposition to it.”

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