Even staunch critics on the left should give credit where credit is due

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6. If you review the history of how that 'very clear wording was added to the bill' you will find

that the wording allowing for State Innovation was crafted by Ron Wyden and was the result of active involvement by people in and out of Congress who wanted to open the law to improvements such as the one Vermont has already kicked off. Some people at that time called the activism that got those provisions made law harsh criticism, those who were supporting the law as it was did not take part in the push for State innovation to be part of the ACA, they sat around harping at those who did take part in that push that we 'wanted a pony' and were going to 'let the perfect be the enemy of the good'. Of course the moment the provision was included everyone loved it, claimed it and forgot they had whined about the 'critics' that insisted upon it.