First Door on the Left

From MSNBC’s campaign embed comes this report:

Delivering the statement many political analysts have been waiting for and an image his campaign is betting on, Dean on Monday left no doubt about his roots as a doctor, delivering a powerful rebuke to the Gephardt Medicare attack with a stethoscope in hand. Moreover, this marked the first time in months that Dean opted to highlight his medical rather than his political experience and an obvious shift in strategy for his campaign. No longer was the insider vs. outsider message front and center in Iowa where Dean was addressing the nation’s nursing shortage. Instead, the sound bite of the day sounded far more personal and was delivered with greater clarity and conviction. In Dean’s words: “I spent 13 years of my life with this and with senior citizens and I can promise you that as president of the United States not only will Medicare not be cut but every senior citizen will have adequate health care, Medicare will be shored up and every senior citizen will have a prescription benefit. I spent 13 years of my life doing this and I am not going to let us backslide now.” If there was any doubt that the Gephardt campaign’s Medicare attack has legs, these words and the symbolism accompanying them ought to dispel that notion.

So much for Dick Gephardt’s argument that Dr. Dean wants to cut Medicare. I wonder what the next attack will be.