Obama: Specter is a 'Tough Son-of-a-Gun'

NBC Philadelphia: Obama’s three-hour-and-40-minute visit was spent at a $2.5 million campaign fundraiser for Specter. The $1,000-a-head cocktail reception and $10,000-a-head dinner event began at 3 p.m. During a speech at the $1,000-a-head cocktail reception and $10,000-a-head dinner, the president called Specter a “tough son-of-a-gun” as he spoke about the proposed health care reform legislation. “For him [Specter] this is not an issue of politics or party, this is personal,” Obama told supporters as he highlighted the Senator’s recent battle with cancer. “This is a man who’s seen the heath care system up close — the good and the bad.”