Reply #50: Yes and as Ozark notes that grassroots tactics are needed

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I never said it was hopeless. I didn't read any posts that anyone said working for national health care is hopeless. I will say that getting it out of the hands of the insurance companies in a fell-swoop is indeed hopeless.

Grassroots is the key IMHO but it will be taking time to develop and organize. People on the street want to talk about health care to each other, but getting a national conversation is a different animal. What people want from their daily lives and what they want to hear about in the news are not always the same thing. (I dont mean to sound pedantic-It's just my opinion). There is a disconnect at present. Even on these topic-orientated on-line communities posters interrupt to say that politicians should be talking about the war. Proposals like Kerry's now and Clinton's before it get the conversation in the news.

Do you think this plan that John Kerry put forth is a step in the right direction or do you think it should wait until there is a grassroots revolution for universal health care?