The two Democratic parties fight to a draw in Iowa

[Darb]

15. I'm not against single payer, but I am not sure

you can get there from here. That's a lot of jobs you are talking about in the health insurance field. Unnecessary, bloated, redundant, and sometimes overpaid, but lots and lots of them nonetheless.

Single payer needs to be sold better. It could kill Bernie if he doesn't come up with a better explanation of how it is possible and why it is better. So far, he has not done so. Remember, you are talking about eliminating an entire industry and putting it in the hands of the government. The health insurance business is not going down without a huge fight, and they have allies, you know, the whole slippery slope argument. Good gawd the rhetoric is nauseating to even think about.

I am not so sure that an incremental move toward less private insurance, or a public option is not the way to go. It is just one aspect of Bernie's positions that are not going to sell as well in the general as they do in an Iowa primary.