Baucus bill booed at Obama health rally (updated w/video)

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Baucus bill booed at Obama health rally

By Sam Youngman

President Obama's mention of Sen. Max Baucus's healthcare proposal drew boos Thursday at a healthcare rally at the University of Maryland.

By contrast, the left-leaning crowd cheered Obama when he endorseed a public health insurance option, which is considered a core provision for liberal lawmakers but is absent from Baucus's (D-Mont.) proposal.

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Obama did not endorse Baucus's bill at the rally. But he assailed critics of his broader goal, threatening those who mischaracterize his plans that he will "call them out."

"I've heard a lot of Republicans say they want to kill 'ObamaCare,'" Obama said. "Some even raise money off of it."

By the end of the rally, the president had brought the crowd firmly back to his side, leading them in the now-familiar chants of "Fired up, ready to go."

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Video: Crowd cheers public option...boos Baucus plan