Legal Commentary

The Silent Majority

By Big Tent Democrat

President Barack Obama:

OUR nation is now engaged in a great debate about the future of health care in America. And over the past few weeks, much of the media attention has been focused on the loudest voices. What we haven’t heard are the voices of the millions upon millions of Americans who quietly struggle every day with a system that often works better for the health-insurance companies than it does for them.

I think this is an interesting choice for framing the debate. I would have gone another way. I would have invoked the 2008 election. Those millions and millions were not silent that day.

Elections have consequences. Or at least they do when Republicans win them.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 16, 2009 (boomark / email).