Jim McDermott: No retreat on health care law

Jim McDermott: No retreat on health care law-politico: In Jim McDermott’s ideal world, health reform would have meant a single-payer health care system. But in Jim McDermott’s real world, he’ll happily defend President Barack Obama’s health care law — and defend is precisely what he expects to do in his new post as the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee.