Czar Daschle's Health Superboard: So Sweeping As To Be Impractical

By DAVID GRATZER | Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Tommy Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor and U.S. secretary of health and human services, once joked about the difference between being a governor and a Cabinet secretary: In Madison, action started when he made up his mind; in Washington, action started when he made up the mind of a 22-year-old White House staffer.

While a formal announcement is forthcoming, Tom Daschle has been offered and has accepted the job of secretary of health and human services by President-elect Obama. Daschle will also be the point man on health reform both for the transition and the administration — the health czar.

By picking the former majority >>>