My attitude is, go for it!” Mr. Obama declared, challenging his critics at a campaign-style rally here. “If these congressmen in Washington want to come here to Iowa and tell small business owners that they plan to take away their tax credits and essentially raise their taxes, be my guest.”
Several thousand people turned out to hear the president speak at the University of Iowa Field House here, in the city where he first laid out detailed plans for “affordable, universal health care in America” as a presidential candidate in May 2007. But while the gymnasium was filled with cheering supporters, the president also faced heckling, over one feature of his initial proposal that did not make it into the law: a “public option,” or government-backed insurance plan.
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