Obama: His behavior at the healthcare summit

Is he as special as he thinks he is? From AAPS: 
Obama himself spoke for 119 minutes, longer than the 110 minutes used by Republicans from whose ideas he purportedly wanted to learn. (Other Democrats spoke for 114 minutes.) But as Obama said, he can go overtime: “I’m the President.”

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