Washington - (Dead Parrot Sketch): A patient whose death President Obama trumpeted as an example of rubbish healthcare was still alive three years after treatment for a terminal diagnosis was reprieved by insurance reinstatement.
Obama told Congress Otto Raddatz died because of red tape snarl-ups about his chemo entitlement.
"Wrong!" Raddatz relatives retorted, "Your speechwriters must have got that background info from a spoof website Mister President, 'cos Otto made it for another three years!"
White House aides remained unrepentant and said their version of the story was essentially accurate.
"Ya wanna go back to the days of Karl Rove spinning for the Buses, do ya?" was their only coherent response to the matter.
