Opinion: For healthcare history’s sake, Obama dons a tie and rolls down his sleeves but no jacket no matter what

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Sunday afternoon a very casual President Obama works the phones in the Oval Office, pushing and tracking his healthcare legislation through the House of Representatives.

By nightfall when the White House wanted a photo of happy staff celebrating their legislative victory in the House, the Boss dons a necktie and rolls down his sleeves for the shot they know will make front pages around the world. (But no smile or cigarette either; this was, after all, a healthcare bill.)

As to an interesting explanation of what all is in the background of this After photo, our colleagues over here at the Culture Monster have the full cultural explanation.

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--Andrew Malcolm

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