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Obama seeks to persuade doubters and face down critics in healthcare debate

USA: President targets enough Democrat support to beat Republican filibuster From Andrew Purcell in New York

SO many presidents have been frustrated in their attempts to introduce universal healthcare that when Barack Obama declared it would be the signature legislative achievement of his first year in office, it was tempting to accuse him of hubris.