But grist to the mill of all those telling voters that the cool Mr Obama presides over a government of big-spending wild-eyed radicals bent on nationalising health care.

• 但类似事情如果不断发生，选民会觉得不同凡响的奥巴马总统领导的政府里都是花钱大手大脚、决心要使医疗行业国有化的激进份子。