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Originally Posted by Azure
Did I ever say that?
People are looking towards Obama, and not their state governments for health care reform. Part of the reform he should be pushing for is allowing insurers to operate out of state lines. Is he? No. Has he ever even talked about this issue outside of last night? No.
So why would he complain about the lack of insurers when he's not even suggesting to Congress to work with each state and include the reform as part of the health care bill?
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I imagine that Obama thinks there are two ways to skin a cat and also correctly believes that trying to get 50 states to agree to a federal intrusion into their right to regualte state commerce would have a likelihood of success on par with passing a bill that includes a single payer health care system, constitutional recognition of gay marriage and taxpayer funded abortions. That dog just would not hunt (abolishing state regulations of commerce).
Although I would encourage Boehner, Cantor, McConnell and the rest of the GOP braintrust to make it a major part of their 2010 platform. "We, the GOP, as part of our on-going efforts to reform health care, have included as a major plank our initiative to grant the federal government the power to regulate individuals states legislation concerning commerce". I think such a plank might save Pelosi's House majority and would likely allow her to increase her seat totals.