6:33 PM: Lawton says Clinton, Obama have 'fundamental difference' on health care
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have a "fundamental difference" in their approach to health care and it's important to point out to voters that his plan would still leave 15 million Americans uninsured, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton said today.
Lawton, who's backing Clinton in the race, was responding to a conference call Gov. Jim Doyle and U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy held with reporters today to assail a mailer her campaign sent out as an attack piece.
Doyle complained that Clinton was going negative a time when she was planning to pull out of Wisconsin before Tuesday's primary.
"It's a fundamental difference in the understanding of how government can work to do good for us in our lives," Lawton said. "She understands how to drive us to universal health care, and Barack Obama's plan as analyzed by independent economists leaves 15 million uninsured."
Lawton also said the governor had made an "erroneous statement" in saying Clinton was going to leave Wisconsin early and had "jumped the gun."
Clinton had planned to leave Wisconsin during the day Monday. But she's now trying to squeeze in three stops she had scheduled for Sunday but had to delay because of the weather. They include a rally in De Pere that has been rescheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday, another rally in Madison and a town hall meeting in Wausau.
"Senator Clinton and everybody attached to her campaign have given us their full attention and energy," Lawton said.
-- By JR Ross
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