Reply #8: Why just HRC?

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As Elizabeth Edwards herself has protested, Clinton's plan is identical to John Edwards's. So you should change your header to indicate that Edwards, too, has sold out to the Right. Maybe even include Obama (though his doesn't make purchase mandatory, it has many similar elements). And all the rest, save Kucinich.

You know, if presidents actually enacted legislation, you might have a point in suggesting Kucinich's plan is best (we all want single-payer, non-profit universal health care). But as you know, they don't. And by the time a Kucinich plan hit Congress, it would be radically changed from what he is proposing. That doesn't mean you shouldn't support him in the primaries on the basis of his health-care stance, but just don't confuse a candidate proposing a plan with the scenario of that plan ever getting enacted.

If you want a laugh, remember that (ultra-conservative Democrat) Bob Kerrey ran in 1992 on a single-payer universal health plan. Later, in Congress, he turned tail completely on even a Clinton-style "managed-care" plan.