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BlindTiresias

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4. Ok

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 02:37 PM

Apr 2014

It doesn't match their rhetoric as that is something they have to be uncompromising on, but how is this some kind of victory? Of course they are going to make refinements to it the core of the policy itself save for the medicare expansion was from their policy guys. As far as the more intellectually rigorous Republicans are concerned this is a massive victory as 1.) They get the policy they have wanted that leaves insurance companies intact if not stronger 2.) They get to use the policy they want as a cudgel against Democrats and 3.) They get to blame Democrats for any failure and if the policy becomes unpopular they can always revise it as they like and appear to be a hero.

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Ok BlindTiresias Apr 2014 #4

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