It turns out that President Obama was not forthright describing the health of his own mother in campaign speeches.
Could you imagine what would have happened or what will happen to an prominent Republican, _____________________, who made false claims in public speeches.
I know you can.
The New York Times was forced to report, on the 14th page (reserved for a statist sitting presidents) instead of the front page (reserved for all non-statists and Republicans) that President Obama misrepresented his mother's experience as a cancer patient.

Obama said his mother had her cancer treated as a pre-existing condition by her insurance company and had to battle the evil insurers for her moral rights.

The New York Times had to report that author Janny Scott found that the truth was entirely different. Obama's mother received payment from her insurer, Cignet, without argument.
Obama's entire characterization of his own mother to the United State's public as a candidate for President was a bald-faced lie.
Obama represented his mother in the dispute.
Now we can hear all the "all politicians are liars" and "well blank did this and blank did that" from the excuse mongers till cows fly, but what is the truth.
Barack Obama lied for political gain.

For my mother to die of cancer at the age of 53 and have to spend the last months of her life in the hospital room arguing with insurance companies because they’re saying that this may be a pre-existing condition and they don’t have to pay her treatment, there’s something fundamentally wrong about that."

Nothing like a mythical victim. Obama had no problem making a mythical victim out of his own mother.