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President Obama making a big pitch out west to boost support for health reform. ABC's Rachel Martin is in Big Sky, Montana this morning. Good morning, Rachel.
...at this morning about 50 miles away from Bozeman, that's where the President held his healthcare town hall meeting yesterday and while there was some tension, the event started out with hugs, handshakes, even some humor.
"Here in Montana you've got bears and, moose, and elk. In Washington you just have, mostly bull."
Words that moments later were thrown right back at the President, as he tried to set the record straight on his plans for health care reform.
"We keep getting the bull, that's all we get, is bull. You can't tell us how you're going to pay for it."
"You're absolutely right that I can't cover another 46 million people for free."
Obama has been ramping up his fight for reform as opposition has been mounting on both sides of the debate. The plan to provide end-of-life counseling is being dropped from a Senate version of the bill after conservatives like Sarah Palin said it would create so-called "death panels."
The topic came up between Senators Arlen Specter and Chuck Grassley yesterday in a kind of Twitter feud.
Specter writes: Called Senator Grassley to tell him to stop spreading myths about health care reform an