Doesn’t that look so cool? And we don’t have too many more to these “3 in a rows.” December 12, 2012, will be the last once for quite a while. I’m surprised that Google didn’t come up with a drawing. They could have done a lot with this.
Well, the big news is that President Obama is going to give the final talk on healthcare reform later today. I guess in about 2 hours? What will it be? Will he cave in to special interests, be forceful about the need for an alternative to private health insurance, declare massive reform for the insurance industry?
It should be interesting.
Obama’s handling of healthcare reform has been subpar. He is too busy trying to please everyone, while pleasing no one. Johnson faced huge opposition to Medicare back in the early 1960s. But guess what? He said that this is how its going to be, and that’s how its going to be. You don’t like it? Too bad. Ronald Reagan was one of its biggest opponents, but I bet Ronnie was on Medicare and jumped right up on the bandwagon. And all of those who protested back then are probably all getting healthcare through Medicare, if they’re still alive and kicking that is.
Nancy Pelosi is demonstrating more of the Lyndon Johnson resolve, and she is a powerful politician. Whether you agree with the need for healthcare reform or not, the president cannot be vacillating. The plan needs to be laid out, then pushed forward. A few compromises are okay, as long as they are minimal. But this thing has just gotta move, and Pelosi may be the impetus to push it forward.
