if you want single payer, you will need to call them at their bluff on it at some point. and, i dare them to do it.
no, really. mr. trump: i dare you to tear down obamacare and give this back to the democrats as an election issue, with the possibility that they might get it done properly this time.
if you're standing up for obamacare, and arguing it's a reason to vote democrat, they've got you exactly where they wanted to get you.
i'm not advocating campaigning against obamacare. i'm arguing that you're better off letting it die than fighting to hold on to it. you can do much better - and you will need to jettison it before you can rebuild the political capital to do it with. if you keep holding to this "obamacare is better than nothing" position, it's all you're ever going to get.
....which is what they wanted.
i mean, think it through. do you think the insurance companies and the pharmaceuticals would have pumped so much money into obamacare if they weren't behind it? and, so, do you really think the republicans are going to bite that hand off?
it's political theatre. they won't touch it. but, you're being beaten into line pretty well, aren't you?
look at what they've engineered, here.
self-identifying liberal democrats grovelling to congress to please not abolish the heritage foundation's health care plan.
fuck this. call them on their bluff. i dare you to do it, trump! dare you to...