Hillary Wins Over RI

PROVIDENCE - Senator Hillary Clinton told Rhode Islanders she is not overlooking their March 4 primary as she attempts to blunt Senator Barack Obama's momentum following his victories in 10 straight contests across the country.
"Rhode Island is right up there with Ohio and Texas," Clinton said to an estimated crowd of 5,000 in a gymnasium at Rhode Island College yesterday, aligning New England's smallest state with those some say are key to sustaining her campaign for president.

Clinton played up the differences between her universal healthcare plan and Obama's healthcare proposal in the rally and later at a roundtable discussion, which came a day after she blasted the Illinois senator's campaign for what she said were misleading mailers criticizing her plan.

"His plan cannot cover everybody because his plan does not require that everybody be covered," she said in the 35-minute speech.

"Senator Obama says I'm going to make people get healthcare whether they can afford it or not. That is false, it is misleading, and it has been discredited, and yet his campaign continues to say it."