posted on Mar, 9 2010 @ 04:51 PM
This is a really good question and I don't know the answer. I like to think that if people (we) "held out" that soon, some really decent health
care reform would happen. But something tells me that's wishful thinking. I'm fairly certain that if we don't get a health care reform bill passed
now, then we never will. But is having ANY bill passed better than nothing?
Here's what I think:
I don't know all the details about this bill, but I know there are some pretty good provisions that I agree with. So, I hate that it's not what it
should be in an ideal state, but if it passes and Obama gets a second term, then he will have the opportunity to revise it or move on to more
extensive health care reform with a single-payer plan or good public option, which is what I would like to see.
If it doesn't pass, I don't think he'll get a second term. So then we can say goodbye to health care reform forever. So, for that reason, I think
Kucinish should be willing to compromise and vote for this, even though it's not what we want to see exactly. That's my reasoning.