I apologize if (once again?) I'm stating the obvious, but is not Obama's strategy re health care to pass a bill -- almost any bill -- that establishes a precedent of (more or less) universal health care as (gulp) an entitlement? To set a precedent from which we are unlikely to ever retreat? And isn't this, given the climate of fear on the part of Democratic legislators (mystifying, really) a pretty sound strategy?
I'm not saying people shouldn't fight for a bill that's actually good. Of course, they should.
But still, I'm not sure Obama's stance isn't both visionary and pragmatic at the same time.
Protecting the future with timidity.
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