Move Forward
Editorial - Majority Rule on Health Care Reform - NYTimes.com: "In recent weeks, it has become inescapably clear that Republicans are unlikely to vote for substantial reform this year. Many seem bent on scuttling President Obama’s signature domestic issue no matter the cost. As Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina, so infamously put it: “If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.”"
I agree with this. Obama and the Democrats need to learn from two watershed events in the history of health policy in this country: (1) Bill and Hillary Clinton's failure to pass health reform after setting out to do it weakend Clinton's presidency immeasurably, and (2) the Democrats' passage of Medicare in the 60's over almost universal Republican opposition is to this day a major feather in their cap and a reliable talking point. The Republicans lost their chance to lead. They will not follow. They need to get out of the way.
I agree with this. Obama and the Democrats need to learn from two watershed events in the history of health policy in this country: (1) Bill and Hillary Clinton's failure to pass health reform after setting out to do it weakend Clinton's presidency immeasurably, and (2) the Democrats' passage of Medicare in the 60's over almost universal Republican opposition is to this day a major feather in their cap and a reliable talking point. The Republicans lost their chance to lead. They will not follow. They need to get out of the way.
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