In the past few days, the Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Tompson both came out in favor of health care reform. And today, they were followed by former presidential candidate Bob Dole, who even derided Senate Republicans and Mitch McConnell in particular for their opposing anything coming from the Obama administration.
Along with them, Shepard Smith on Fox News, even, was lambasting the insurance companies and extolling the pubic option.
Now that doesn't mean they're all endorsing the most liberal version with the pubic option, but after all the knee-jerk opposition from Republicans in Washington, this is refreshing and heartening. It even begins to feel a bit like that wonderful tide in politics -- momentum.
Add to that the news today that the much-maligned-by-me bill from Sen. Max Baucus' Senate committee will actually reduce the budget deficit by $81 billion over 10 years while covering 94% of the population -- and I begin to feel the rush of a tide.
In such a building climate, and with the public support for a public option still at least 60% -- why not got for it, President Obama?
I just clicked on a web site today that offered me a free lapel pin that says "Another doctor for health care reform." Unfortunately it said allow 3 to 5 weeks for delivery.
That may be too late.
Ralph
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