What better time to surface a story that HHS Secretary-nominee Daschle, who apparently had suspicions that he had underpaid his U.S. taxes back in June of 2008, (he didn't pay $128,000 in taxes on a car and driver), than on Saturday of Superbowl Sunday weekend, when America was preoccupied by a circus? Apparently, Obama's vetting process didn't find the story on its own and Daschle didn't volunteer the information until recently. And the malarky about Daschle having to wait almost 7 months to get an opinion from his accountant seems contrived and convenient, rather than forthright and truthful. (Read more at today's NY Times, pages A1 and 11.)
Federal prosecutors love coverups - that's what put Martha Stewart in jail. While Daschle's coverup doesn't rise to the level of a federal criminal offense, the original failure to pay the taxes the rest of America's citizens pay, compounded by the coverup, raises ethical questions which should disqualify Daschle from being Secretary of HHS, overseeing a $3 trillion dollar sector of our economy.
Obama promised transparency. This smells more like an Illinois-style political coverup.
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Any word on the core reforms that the Obama administration is expected to propose regarding the health system?
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