Reply #15: Excellent. Tell him to read about how Lyndon Johnson got the Civil Rights

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bill and the Medicare bill passed. It wasn't easy. He sold his presidency for those bills. He incurred the wrath of very right-wing extremist in the country. Obama needs to realize, however, that progress, whether on a personal or national level, is always one step forward, and then a half-step backward.

Obama needs to dare to really reform health care. Even his enemies will respect him for it. He has genuinely tried to get a compromise. He failed. At this time, he should get on national TV and explain to people that having no public option, having no single payer, will mean economic ruin for our country. (It will.) He needs to tell them that he believes that single payer is the best thing for Americans, that he looked into every alternative out there, none of them make economic sense. It's either letting people die and allowing Medicare to go bankrupt in the not too far future or single payer. He has to dare to be unpopular. That is what we really need right now.