Hadley Heath Manning is director of policy at Independent Women’s Forum. Manning joins Bre Payton on this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour to reflect on the anniversary of 9/11, and discuss recent policy pushes on healthcare and paid family leave.

“Democrats, as a smart political move, want to focus on the more popular, more expensive version of public healthcare,” Manning said. “If President Obama could have had something like [Medicare for all] as Obamacare, he would have gone for it. He’s on the record very loudly opposing an individual mandate model.”