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...million-member AARP was the greatest challenge. Gingrich's diplomatic offensive began last March in the first of three private sessions with the lobby's leadership. Gingrich did not exactly wave an olive branch, but did manage to sound as if he genuinely wanted to cooperate. John Rother, the AARP's chief lobbyist, summarizes the message this way: "The Speaker told our board, 'I can't revolutionize Medicare over your opposition, and you can't do what you want to do over my opposition. So we need to talk.' He was very tactful." So far the AARP has remained fairly...
...lobby that has treated most prior talk about changing Social Security the way the National Rifle Association of America reacts to new gun-control bills. "It's probably true that in the future we're going to have to lower benefits and get a little more revenue,'' says John Rother, AARP's legislative director. "As long as we give people as much lead time as possible to plan and adjust...
...Congress and special-interest groups began kicking Clinton's plan around last week, its political strengths and vulnerabilities began to emerge. Among the President's allies are the major lobbies for the elderly, who like the new benefits for drugs and long-term care. Says John Rother, legislative director for the American Association of Retired Persons: "There are people with a lot at stake who will try to derail this plan: the insurance industry, the National Federation of Independent Business." The small-business lobby, led by the NFIB, has targeted the plan's requirement that all employers pay at least...
...that could achieve both of those goals, however admirable, would require many Americans to pay more for care, give up benefits -- or both. "Any reform will create millions of winners and millions of losers. Health care is the most emotional and personal of all public policy issues," says John Rother, director of legislation and public policy for the American Association of Retired Persons...
...wake of the accident, Rother's company commander and platoon leader have been relieved of their commands. Three more of the lance corporal's superiors face courts-martial for dereliction of duty and other charges. Perhaps the proceedings will answer some of the unsettling questions surrounding the case. Why wasn't Rother assigned a partner during the nocturnal exercises? Why did almost two days pass before Rother was reported missing? Was the required after-actions roll call performed promptly? How could Rother's fellow Marines possibly have left him behind? "Accountability for your Marines," says corps spokesman Lieut. Colonel Fred...