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Old 05-22-2009, 05:04 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by nation-x View Post
No... Obama isn't playing to the left on Health Care... they want single payer Health Care... he doesn't. There is a very basic reason for it... in order to provide single payer he would have to eliminate a whole industry (Private Health Insurance)... and he isn't going to do that. Rachel Maddow is a hardcore liberal. Saying that Obama is far left is purely a talking point invented by the right. He is actually pretty moderate on alot of issues.
Makes sense. I didn't know much about Maddow and to be hones I haven't paid that much attention to the health care issues yet. After the election I have gotten pretty burned out on politics.

Thanks for the info.
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