Looks like McCain torpedoed the surreal bill that no one wanted to become law last night. That closes a very odd chapter of the healthcare saga, for now.

Looks like McCain torpedoed the surreal bill that no one wanted to become law last night. That closes a very odd chapter of the healthcare saga, for now.

 

This all reminds me of those old Superman comics and Bizarro world.

McCain have a fine speech in the Senate floor when he returned from his cancer diagnosis this week. It rang a little hollow because I assumed he would vote for whatever McConnell threw out there. So I think it carries some weight now that he's so far backed it up.

 

Let's call this what I think it is. Most, if not, more than don't, Americans supported the ACA. When Obama's name was attached, it brought the negativity to a higher level because some did not like him for whatever reason. They then did not support something that was extremely favorable to them.

 

This has been about Obama for many and not the ACA. And I have little doubt that Obama's race had something to do with that for some (not most or many). Others because they saw him as a liberal and the evils of that in their minds.

 

This has never been about healthcare, for teh most part, but Obama. Shameful on many levels to me.

McCain have a fine speech in the Senate floor when he returned from his cancer diagnosis this week. It rang a little hollow because I assumed he would vote for whatever McConnell threw out there. So I think it carries some weight now that he's so far backed it up.

 

Rang as hollow as his sorry campaign in 2008. Actually, if he had shown this much aggressiveness, he might have been President.

Let's call this what I think it is. Most, if not, more than don't, Americans supported the ACA. When Obama's name was attached, it brought the negativity to a higher level because some did not like him for whatever reason. They then did not support something that was extremely favorable to them.

 

This has been about Obama for many and not the ACA. And I have little doubt that Obama's race had something to do with that for some (not most or many). Others because they saw him as a liberal and the evils of that in their minds.

 

This has never been about healthcare, for teh most part, but Obama. Shameful on many levels to me.

Are you saying that a popular President made the ACA unpopular with his name attached to it? If you say so.

Are you saying that a popular President made the ACA unpopular with his name attached to it? If you say so.

 

It's weird. Now we have an unpopular president that has made Obamacare popular.

Are you saying that a popular President made the ACA unpopular with his name attached to it? If you say so.

 

Republican's attached his name to it because their base despised President Obama. They never had any illusions that those who agreed with or thought favorably of him would think negatively. The ploy was meant to galvanize their base against the legislation and achieve their goal of getting rid of legislation that was imperfect, but actually a good step for most Americans. There is no doubt the strategy worked, at least for a portion of their base. The problem is, unless you fall in the most extreme fringe, you can't ignore what the very real impact stripping away benefits has on very real people if there is nothing there to replace it.

It's weird. Now we have an unpopular president that has made Obamacare popular.

Your are quite the Revisionist Historian.

Republican's attached his name to it because their base despised President Obama. They never had any illusions that those who agreed with or thought favorably of him would think negatively. The ploy was meant to galvanize their base against the legislation and achieve their goal of getting rid of legislation that was imperfect, but actually a good step for most Americans. There is no doubt the strategy worked, at least for a portion of their base. The problem is, unless you fall in the most extreme fringe, you can't ignore what the very real impact stripping away benefits has on very real people if there is nothing there to replace it.

Benefits? What is benificial about being forced to purchase something you might not want or need?

Benefits? What is benificial about being forced to purchase something you might not want or need?

 

It's obvious we aren't going to view the matter from the same perspective.

Your are quite the Revisionist Historian.

 

Recent polls have Trump's approval rate at 39% and Obamacare at 61%.

 

I will concede Congress has helped Trump make Obamacare more popular.

Benefits? What is benificial about being forced to purchase something you might not want or need?

 

You mean like car insurance?

You mean like car insurance?

There is not a federal law requiring anyone to buy auto insurance, but that is not my point.

It's obvious we aren't going to view the matter from the same perspective.

You are probably correct.