Byline: David Broder
WASHINGTON The puzzlement created by President Clinton's seeming retreat last week from key parts of his national health plan is less mysterious if you remember one fact. Bill Clinton was a governor for 12 years. He has been president for only 18 months.
When he rejoins the governors, as he did last Tuesday, flying into Boston for the final session of the summer meeting of the National Governors' Association (NGA), Clinton reverts to form. And it gets him into trouble in Washington which says more about Washington than it does about Bill Clinton.
This is not the first time it has happened. Last January, when the health care debate was just beginning, the governors came to Washington for their winter meeting. Clinton held a …
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