It's clear to me that the first African-American POTUS is a catalytic president.

[Zen Democrat]

34. The Kennedy Library released recordings of critical meeting in the past decade,

and with the LBJ tapes we know for a FACT that:

Kennedy was not responsible for the death of Diem. The ambassador to Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge was the culprit who didn't deliver Kennedy's message to the CIA in country that under no circumstances should Diem and his brother be killed.

We know from Kennedy tapes, NSA 263, McNamara etc. that Kennedy was pulling out 1,000 troops by the end of 1963 and all troops by 1965. This has been debated ad nauseum. But the proof of that pudding was in Lyndon Johnson's WH tapes, when he told McNamara over the phone that "I never agreed with you and Kennedy about getting out of Vietnam." Those tapes are easy to find and this particular comment can be heard in the documentary, Virtual JFK.

Regading ACA, I get my insurance through my employer. Most of the middle class does. It's when you lose your job and your insurance coverage that you are screwed. Then you are too poor to afford insurance and that's when you'll be happy about the ACA where you can purchase insurance at competitive rates and receive assistance if you can't afford it. This is first and foremost a plan to include those previously uninsurable due to preexisting conditions and those who can't afford to be insured because they are out of a job. How many comfortable middle-class people who are insured by employer based insurance, lose their jobs and have to buy on the private market. But, wait, there are existing medical conditions and guess what, you're denied or offered limited coverage at outrageous rates at the private market. This is the fix, and it's not over.