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Barack Obama

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1. You know I never knew that

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 05:29 PM

Sep 2013

So Obama didn't "take single payer off the table" because he was spineless, etc., he never believed in going directly to it. I get the point about what people are used to and what it would take to transition.

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The long game of Obamacare [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2013 OP

You know I never knew that treestar Sep 2013 #1

I think the game was to get something passed. Passing nothing would have been catastrophic. Hoyt Sep 2013 #2

Hello, Hoyt. sheshe2 Sep 2013 #3

Well done, she. Really puts it in the right perspective. Kath1 Sep 2013 #4

Hello Kath. sheshe2 Sep 2013 #5

KnR, she. TY for the much needed perspective. Hekate Sep 2013 #6

public option and single payer can and will come faster than people think IronLionZion Sep 2013 #7

If I weren't for something on any other grounds, RW opposition would cement my approval. IrishAyes Sep 2013 #8