A curious incident did not happen at the White House
In the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, Silver Blaze, the incomparable Sherlock Holmes once solved a crime and a murder by noticing what did not happen.
Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
Gregory: "The dog did nothing in the night-time."
Holmes: "That was the curious incident."
Several astute reporters at the April Fool's Day press conference celebrating the latest sort of Obamacare deadline also noticed a curious incident that did not happen.
Mark Knoller tweeted:
Pres Obama did not mention HHS Secy Sebelius in his health care remarks. Did not have her stand by his side during his remarks.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 1, 2014
Fox News asked, "Did Obama Snub Sebelius During White House Speech"?
BuzzFeed's Evan McMorris-Santoro observed :
on the way out, an unnamed grizzled vet of WH press corps told me lack of Sebelius mention was “biggest news” from Obama’s speech
— E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcSan) April 1, 2014
Will Sebelius shortly go "under the bus"? Perhaps the most transparent administration in US history and/or a Saturday Night Live sketch will keep us informed. Til then, 7,000,000 have Obamacare if government figures are to be believed; that means 45,000,000 are still uninsured.