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ByBillBarrow TheAssociatedPress STEUBENVILLE, OHIO Bill Clinton tried to avoid mud- dling his message again as he campaigned for his wife in battleground Ohio a day after he described President Barack Obama's health care law and the resulting insur- ance markets as "the crazi- est thing in the world." This time, Bill Clinton only briefly mentioned health care in multiple ap- pearances Tuesday in east- ern Ohio, clearly stating his support for the law and ar- guing that more still must be done to expand access to insurance. It was a far cry from the former president's Monday remarks that continued to reverberate, prompting re- sponses from Hillary Clin- ton, the White House and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. "You've got this crazy system where all the sud- den 25 million more people have health care," Bill Clin- ton said in Flint, Michigan, "and then the people are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums dou- bled and their coverage cut in half. It's the craziest thing in the world." In Ohio on Tuesday, the former president didn't mention his earlier riff but tacitly clarified himself. "I supported the Affordable Care Act," he said at a Steu- benville rally, while adding that continued gaps in cov- erage "must be fixed." He noted Hillary Clin- ton's support for a public option" insurance plan to compete with policies from for-profit insurers, while al- lowing extending Medicare eligibility to anyone 55 or older. For her part, Hillary Clin- ton told reporters Tues- day she'd "fix what's bro- ken, keep what works," and she noted Republicans who control Congress want to repeal the law altogether — a political reality that has made it impossible for Obama himself to attempt changes in the law that he signed in 2010, since any alterations require willing partners on Capitol Hill. Nonethless, Trump pounced. "President Bill Clinton came out and told the truth about Obam- acare," he said in Arizona, adding that Clinton "abso- lutely trashed" Obama's sig- nature legislative achieve- ment. He thanked Bill Clin- ton for being "honest." Separately on Tuesday, the former president also sidestepped reporters' ques- tions about Trump bringing up his marital infidelity. "He's been making those attacks from the beginning of this campaign, so I don't think that's anything new," Clinton said in Marietta, Ohio. Bill Clinton's relation- ship with a White House intern was the subject of his 1998 impeachment. He did not respond to specific questions about Trump's re- cent suggestion that Hillary Clinton also was not "loyal" in her marriage. "My job is very limited: I'm supposed to tell people why she's the best choice to be president," Bill Clin- ton said, seemingly aware he should avoid fanning the flames. Later, he joked in Steubenville, Ohio, "You need your Miranda warn- ings every time you open your mouth, because any- thing you say can be held against you." The exchanges are the latest reminder that the 42nd president is both a tre- mendous asset and a wild card for his wife's candi- dacy. He draws enthusiastic crowds eager to a see a for- mer president who is any- thing but a normal political spouse, but he's also gener- ated unwanted stories, in- cluding this summer when he approached Attorney General Loretta Lynch for a private meeting at an air- port. The conversation oc- curred days before the FBI announced that it would not recommend any charges against Hillary Clinton re- lated to her use of a pri- vate email server while she served as Obama's secretary of state. Bill Clinton's aides worked to tamp down the latest flap, casting him as enthusiastically supportive of the health-care law but eager to address lingering gaps in the insurance mar- kets. At the White House, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said it was not "ex- actly clear what argument" Bill Clinton was making in Michigan. Earnest said Obama still has "strong confidence" in the law, and he cited subsidies that still allow "the vast majority" of shoppers in the individual policy market to find afford- able coverage. "President Obama has of course acknowledged that with cooperation from Democrats and Republi- cans in Congress, there are some things that could be done to further strengthen the law," Earnest said, add- ing that "Secretary Clinton has vowed to pursue" the same course. The former president's overall pitch Tuesday fo- cused on why Hillary Clin- ton would be better for the economy than Trump. Bill Clinton said the GOP nominee plays on work- ing class voters' economic frustrations with lies and empty promises. Trump, he said, impossibly pledges to recreate a bygone man- ufacturing-and-coal econ- omy, while Hillary Clinton wants new investments in infrastructure, technology and new energy sources. "Answers work better than anger," Bill Clinton said. "Empowerment better than resentment. Bridges work better than walls." POLITICS A erriff,BillClintonreaffirmshealth-carelawsupport JEFFSCHRIER—THESAGINAWNEWS Former President Bill Clinton speaks to a crowd at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Mich. while campaigning for his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on Monday, By Russ Bynum The Associated Press BRUNSWICK, GA. A Geor- gia man charged with kill- ing his toddler son wept in court Tuesday as his attor- ney told a jury the child's death two years ago inside a hot SUV is certainly the father's fault, but he com- mitted no crime. Justin Ross Harris was charged with malice mur- der and other crimes after his 22-month-old son, Coo- per, perished in June 2014. Authorities say the boy was left for seven hours in his father's vehicle parked out- side the Home Depot office where Harris worked in the Atlanta suburbs. Maddox Kilgore, Harris' lead defense attorney, told jurors during the second day of the trial that Har- ris forgot his son was in the back seat because of a sim- ple change in routine — he took the boy with him to breakfast that morning, though he usually dropped Cooper off at daycare be- fore eating. "Ross Harris is responsi- ble for his child's death. It's his fault, no doubt about it," Kilgore told the jury in his opening statement. "What you're going to see here at this trial is that be- ing responsible is not the same thing as being a crim- inal." Prosecutors say Har- ris actually plotted to kill his son, hoping to escape his family responsibili- ties to focus on sexual li- aisons he was having with prostitutes and women he met online. Harris is also charged with sending sex- ually explicit text messages and photos to an underage teenage girl. "This case is about death, deception and a dou- ble life," prosecutor Chuck Boring said in his opening remarks to the jury Mon- day. Kilgore told jurors they will indeed hear about "immoral sexual behavior" and "graphic, filthy sexual talk" by his client. He said Harris "has earned every bit of shame that's coming his way." But Harris was also planning a future with his wife and son — from plan- ning a family cruise at the time of Cooper's death to talking with a real estate agent about finding a larger house in a good school dis- trict, Kilgore said. Meanwhile, in the court- room, Harris dabbed his eyes with a tissue and wiped a finger beneath his nose as he quietly cried at the defense table. "His sexual behavior isn't some kind of motive to murder the person he loved more than anyone in the world," Kilgore said. The jury spent Tues- day afternoon watching a 90-minute police video showing Harris' reactions when officers first arrived at the parking lot where the father stopped and tried to help his dead son. Harris can be seen pac- ing rapidly with his hands on his head, letting out a loud scream. Cobb County police de- tective Jacquelyn Piper, who was a patrol officer at the time, noted on the witness stand that Har- ris was combative at first. When another officer asked him to get off his cellphone, Harris snapped: "Shut the (expletive) up. My son just died." The officers then handcuffed Harris and took his phone. The video shows Harris telling Piper: "I was sup- posed to drop him off this morning and I didn't do it. I swear I dropped him off. I thought I did." Then Harris is placed in Piper's patrol car and spends the better part of an hour in silence. At first he complains about the car be- ing hot, and that the hand- cuffs on his wrists are too tight. 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