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Originally Posted by directfiesta
hummmmm......
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I see that. But I also know that the Republicans were all over the news in 2009 screaming that they were being shut out of the process.
Obama said in 2009 that it was "Bipartisan" because it used past Republican "ideas".
What I'm saying is that when they went in to write the bill, the Republicans had zero input and were not allowed in the process.
That was a huge political mistake on the part of Pelosi and Reid. And Obama did not take the leadership of the situation (like Clinton did, Reagan did, like even Bush did).
I kept hoping that he was going to step up and do SOMETHING during 2009 on the issue. But he never did.
My personal belief is that IF the govt. was going to step in, it should have stepped in all the way.
But that would have effectively put the insurance companies out of business.
And you know they contribute a LOT to politicians election campaigns.
