Former President Clinton has urged the passage of Obamacare because failing to do so will hurt Democrats. From the story:
Both [Al] Gore and Clinton urged the party faithful to back their congressmen to get health care reform passed this year. “We need to pass a bill this year. Doing nothing is not only the worst thing we can do for the economy, it’s the worst thing we can do for the country. It’s also the worst thing we can do for the Democrats,” Clinton said, because Americans expect Democrats to deliver when they elect them. “Democrats, you stay in there with your congressmen and you get this done,” he said.
Color me naive, but that should not matter a whit. Just as making the Obamacare the President’s Waterloo is not a legitimate reason to not to pass the bill, helping Democrats politically is no reason to enact Obamacare into law. Health care is too important to be determined by such crass partisan political calculations.
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