Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton attacked Barack Obama for a health plan that doesn't require universal coverage and said delivering results is more important than making history.
``It would be a big mistake for Democrats to nominate someone who's already conceded on the issue of universal health care,'' she told reporters on her campaign plane while traveling to Arizona from California. ``My strong advocacy for universal health care puts me in a much better position to take on John McCain.''
Clinton, 60, portrayed herself as a ``fighter'' who can get things done as she sought to sharpen distinctions with Obama before the 22 states hold Democratic nominating contests on Feb. 5. She said voters should look beyond the choice of the first woman or black to be elected president.
``Whichever one of us emerges, we will make history,'' Clinton told a few thousand voters today during a rally at California State University in Los Angeles. ``It's not just about making history in a symbolic way, it is about changing lives for the better.''
Clinton and Obama, the two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination, are crisscrossing the nation ahead of Super Tuesday, when voters in states including New York, Massachusetts and Georgia will choose about half the delegates needed for the nomination.
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