Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible
When are people going to stop supporting parties that work against their best interest?
...they stop being one-issue voters. Apologies for being crass about this issue, but the formula is very clear: anti-abortion politicians are against the national option. So while it defies logic, those voters will be anti-national-option too. It's what's the matter with Kansas, remember? Free, fair and public education is one generations-long way out of this quagmire, but who's got the time to wait that long? Certainly not the stock market.

Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible
I could go on forever on this, but when fear makes you selfish and paralyzes a process that would actually help millions of Americans, then the country itself deserves to fall from grace into a third world country.
I disagree with that sentiment. We should never wish for the sky to fall, because it could fall, and then it won't be health coverage we'll be fighting over anymore.