General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: No, Obamacare Wasn't a "Republican" Proposal [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)around Hillary's neck and named it evil in every possible setting and medium. That's why the inclusion of the mandate is so striking and the idea for a mandate sure did not come from the left. ACA is a lot like Bob Dole's plan, but that's not what's important, what counts is that it is nothing like the Obama campaign plan which had no individual mandate and a strong public option to help contain costs.
When you toss aside your own rhetoric so fully and swiftly, people will question where the new ideas come from, they will note Romney Care, Dole's alternative plan and the other plans with a mandate and without any form of public option for coverage. To think one can carry on like that and never be asked about it or called on it is too stupid to be called hubris.