Administration Official: “Sebelius Misspoke.”  —  An administration official said tonight that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “misspoke” when she told CNN this morning that a government run health insurance option “is not an essential part” of reform.

Overhauling health-care system tops agenda at annual meeting of Canada's doctors  —  SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country's health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.  —  Dr. Anne Doig says patients …

Telling Grandma ‘No’  —  When Democratic congressmen dream these days, they're tongue-tied in town halls, fumbling with their microphones while they're shouted down by slavering, pitchfork-wielding Limbaugh listeners.  —  But Barack Obama is wiser than most Democratic congressmen, and his nightmares are savvier.

The Swiss Menace  —  It was the blooper heard round the world.  In an editorial denouncing Democratic health reform plans, Investor's Business Daily tried to frighten its readers by declaring that in Britain, where the government runs health care, the handicapped physicist Stephen Hawking …

Poll: 57% don't see stimulus working  —  WASHINGTON — Six months after President Obama launched a $787 billion plan to right the nation's economy, a majority of Americans think the avalanche of new federal aid has cost too much and done too little to end the recession.  —  POLL RESULTS: Six questions

Pentagon Worries Led to Command Change  —  McKiernan's Ouster Reflected New Realities in Afghanistan — and Washington  —  In mid-March, as a White House assessment of the war in Afghanistan was nearing completion, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen …

Hutchison's balancing act on term limits  —  One's got to wonder if it's a smart political move for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) to make term limits and anti-incumbent sentiment the cornerstone of her gubernatorial primary campaign against Gov. Rick Perry (R).  —  From Red Wilson's story on her campaign kickoff:

ORRIN HATCH, PAINFULLY CONFUSED.... It's frightening to think this guys was involved for months with the center-right negotiations in the Senate Finance Committee.  —  On ABC's “This Week” yesterday, Jake Tapper asked Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah a good question.

Court says Troy Davis can present evidence  —  Condemned killer on death row for murder of off-duty police officer  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Troy Anthony Davis the chance to present evidence in court that the condemned man has said for years will clear him of the murder of a Savannah police officer.

Lupica: President Obama is the real target of health care protesters  —  The woman went to an airplane hangar in Belgrade, Mont., the other day, prepared to actually listen to President Obama talk about health care reform in America.  —  She has watched, the way the rest of us have watched …

More Troops Are Sought for Iraq's Restive North  —  BAGHDAD — The commanding general of American forces in Iraq said Monday that he had proposed putting United States troops in disputed parts of northern Iraq along with Kurdish and Iraqi forces.  —  Tensions between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish militia …

‘Dancing With the Stars’ New Season Cast Revealed on ‘Good Morning America’  —  ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 9 Contestants: Tom Delay, Kelly Osbourne, Donny Osmond and More  —  ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Contestants Season 9  —  The former House majority leader is a prominent Republican and conservative firebrand.