D.C. public schools not fit for Obamas

President Obama reopened yesterday what is often a sore subject in Washington, D.C., saying his daughters could not obtain from District of Columbia public schools the academic experience they receive at the private Sidwell Friends School.

Obama made his comments on NBC's Today show in response to a woman who asked whether Malia and Sasha Obama "would get the same kind of education at a D.C. public school" that they would get at the D.C. private school that has educated generations of the city's elite.

"I'll be blunt with you: The answer is no, right now," Obama said.