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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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From: TimF	4/21/2010 3:33:54 PM
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...I find Frum's position on health care difficult to understand. He calls passage of the act the Republicans' Waterloo. Does he think this was an avoidable defeat? The Democrats started 2009 with the White House, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and a big majority in the House. As they rightly say, elections have consequences. Had they failed to win this battle--and they almost did--that would have been remarkable. As it is, the Republicans won the battle for public opinion, and the Democrats pressed on regardless, which they may come to regret. What more, tactically speaking, could the Republicans have done?... ...I suppose Frum would say that by the end it was all too late. He thinks that by offering conditional support at the outset, moderate Republicans could have moved the bill further in a pro-market, fiscally sound direction. I find that very hard to believe... theatlantic.com To avoid misrepresenting the opinion of the blogger who wrote that, he disagrees with me, and thinks the plan congress passed is good on the merits. I do agree with him as far as his statements about tactics, so I posted those.

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