The mandates are the message - Healthcare debate - where both get it wrong

[groovedaddy]

The Cleveland debate ends, and presto, the MSNBC boys pop up to discuss "who won." Chris Matthews complains of "a lot of back and forth about health care, which I find almost absurd given the fact that we don't have a national health care plan."

That's right, Chris. We don't have national health care in America. That's why the candidates wasted 16 minutes of your precious time arguing about it -- time you and Keith Olbermann could have spent throwing out more football metaphors.

Oops, my TV screen went blank.

Let's talk about health care.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were fighting "around the edges" of a health-care plan, Matthews beefed. No, these were not edges. They were very important details that could make all the difference between a government program that works and one that fails.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/OPINION04/802290372/1054/OPINION

[rjones2818]

1. They should come out for Single Payer!

Imagine Obama lending his rhetorical talents to the fight for Single Payer. Imagine Hillary returning to what we assume are her roots. It would be the bully pulpit being used for a great cause.