Reply #4: Of course it's a sell out

[Downtown Hound]

Anything less than total universal health coverage is a sellout. It's just that as sellout's go, it could be a hell of a lot worse and many, myself included, view it at least as a step in the right direction. Is it sad that that is what we are forced to accept? Yes. But that's the way it is. If we have to fight tooth and nail for this every year and gradually chip away at it more and more, then that's what we're going to do.

This bill isn't the end. It's the beginning. That's the way I choose to look at it.