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Matthew Iglesias vs. MoveOn
The bottom line on healthcare reform is that it is not worth doing if it is not done right....Howard Dean (h/t Daily Kos)
Matthew Iglesias doesn't agree. In fact, he makes it plain in his blog entitled "Obama vs. MoveOn" for The Daily Beast that MoveOn is taking the wrong tack in attacking Republican-Lite Democrats for not supporting a strong public-sector health plan. It's irrational, Matthew complains:
A credible threat to do something irrational, in other words, can be a powerful force in politics. But actually following through can be a huge mistake...Matthew Iglesias
In the interest of bipartisanship, which is the most rational of all possible goals, perhaps we can meet in the middle. Let's write up any health care reform bill that will pass, and/or pass any bill that we write up, declare victory and "move on." It's the declaring victory part that will be bipartisan, don't you see. A win-win for everyone (everyone that counts, that is).
Oh and by the way, you still don't have real health care? Not worry, in another 35 years we'll get around to taking another look.
If that's not good enough for you, here's Howard Dean again:
The purpose of electing a Democratic president was not simply to elect a Democratic president. The purpose of electing a Democratic president was to have a president in office who cared about ordinary people, and who is willing to fight hard for principles against the well-heeled forces in our nation's capital that resist change at every turn.
This is your fight.
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