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November 25, 2013

PolitiFact Article on Iran Deal vs. Obamacare Quotes Kingston Reif

Did Obama team announce Iran deal to avoid bad publicity on health care?

By Louis Jacobson
November 25, 2013

Within hours of the United States announcing an initial nuclear deal with Iran on Nov. 23, 2013, a few critics of President Barack Obama began to muse publicly about whether the announcement was timed to distract the American public from the troubled launch of Obamacare.

“Amazing what WH will do to distract attention from O-care,” tweeted Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, at 10:15 p.m. the same night as the deal was announced.

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