President Barack Obama on Tuesday tapped Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to succeed former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine atop the Democratic National Committee after its members gather later this month.

The Florida firebrand was an obvious choice for Obama, who faces a contentious re-election bid next year and counts Wasserman Schultz among his fiercest defenders. But the president’s new attack dog’s talking points don’t always jibe with reality.

One year to the day before named as Obama’s choice to steer the national party, Wasserman Schultz insisted at a town hall in her south Florida Congressional district the president’s health care reforms included no mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance.

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday tapped Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to succeed former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine atop the Democratic National Committee after its members gather later this month.

The Florida firebrand was an obvious choice for Obama, who faces a contentious re-election bid next year and counts Wasserman Schultz among his fiercest defenders. But the president’s new attack dog’s talking points don’t always jibe with reality.

One year to the day before named as Obama’s choice to steer the national party, Wasserman Schultz insisted at a town hall in her south Florida Congressional district the president’s health care reforms included no mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance.

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