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TCJ70

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8. So we should never talk about it publicly...

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 08:49 AM

Sep 2017

...otherwise we'll lose seats every time. Got it. You're cool with the status quo and trying for anything better is futile and we lose every time.

That's a great message.

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Ok. I am going to state an obvious fact. [View all] boston bean Sep 2017 OP

I like McCaskills public option plan suggestion even better, easier to start and more public support uponit7771 Sep 2017 #1

Not taxes but a buy in greymattermom Sep 2017 #3

yeap, seems like a win win PEC can get basic coverage and buy into other parts as needed uponit7771 Sep 2017 #19

I agree...I like it and her. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #13

We would need a super majority in the House and Senate and a President willing to wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #2

It's a sales job, and a tough one. Too many people don't get how much they are already spending... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #4

It is impossible and since Hillary was defeated, we have lost the courts. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #14

Giving up? FDR "lost the courts" but found other ways... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #17

Are there people that think this whole dog and pony show is going to go anywhere? nt LexVegas Sep 2017 #5

It is a going to lead to losses in mid terms. boston bean Sep 2017 #6

Trump is trying to kill the ACA and this is where the effort should be? nt LexVegas Sep 2017 #9

If the ACA hadn't passed I could see the point. ucrdem Sep 2017 #7

So we should never talk about it publicly... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #8

I am cool with defeating the GOP...and this is a way to lose to ...infinity. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #15

K&R stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #10

And I thought a black man would never be elected President. Lochloosa Sep 2017 #11

It's good to have this conversation about health care. aikoaiko Sep 2017 #12

No, it will cost us the midterms and probably the ACA. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #16

I don't recall these concerns when John Conyers presented similar bills in the House... aikoaiko Sep 2017 #18

He was in the House and does it every year...but I was against it even then. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #20

Why did Sanders propose his own bill? To have the Senate join the fight. aikoaiko Sep 2017 #21