Well, the first head has fallen following the launch of HealthCare.gov, and as to be expected from this administration, it wasn't the right one.
Over the weekend, Walter P. White, the Washington, D.C. insurance commissioner quietly got the ax. According the Washington Post's report, one of the mayor's top deputies called the commissioner in Friday afternoon and handed him his pink slip.
This might otherwise be unremarkable except for the fact White condemned President Obama just the day before on his latest political about-face. After the president told everyone, "Nevermind" about all those cancelled individual health policies, White became the first commissioner to suggest that maybe that wasn't such a good idea.
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