| It is of interest that Republican members of Congress stake out positions that their base supports, and in so doing that base is energized, and vocally demands action on them.
Meanwhile, Democratic leadership doesn't even start with much of what the base supports, and then negotiates away the rest of it, leaving the base to not really give a shit about the final product.
And that's what we see today: the current health insurance reform bill is not supported by a majority of Americans, as the Republicans claim. Not because most Americans don't support a public option, access to affordable health care, and protections from bankruptcy.
No, Americans don't support the current proposal because it doesn't include those things. |
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