Health Insurance Mandates -The Bigger Picture [View all]

[Bonobo]

Once again, the bigger picture here that should not be missed is (and the same pattern happens over and over again with this Admin)

1. The Obama Admin picked up an overwhelmingly Republican idea -one that had been pushed by the absolute center of the Republican Party bigwigs.

2. The idea is then attacked from the Right as being a liberal Govt. takeover or some other nonsense and the Left is forced to defend a Republican idea --"Why are you attacking us... it was YOUR idea to begin with!?"

3. The Center is pulled far, far to the Right. The Left drops off the map, ground is ceded and lost forever.

4. Rinse, repeat.

Big Question: The Republican idea of an insurance mandate that is now defended by so many not on the "Democratic" side... why is it a good idea when supported by Dems but not when supported by Repubs? WHY were the Repubs for it back then? Who does it really benefit and have we not been played that we are now fighting so hard to defend it?