"This is a way for Daschle to institutionalize his preeminence," says Len Nichols, director of the New America Foundation's Health Policy Program, "so when he's on the Hill, he's speaking for health reform. It's a reaction to the Clinton structure and shows the world he's in the White House on a daily basis." Original article

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