Obama Care

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Now here's a guy with a clue. Why can't we get more dems and reps who think like this guy? Screw the extremists and elect more guys like Mark.

Washington Times - EXCLUSIVE: Warner: Obama misplayed health care debate

Thanks for sharing. I think Mark Warner is going to be a really good senator and probably a good presidential candidate at some point down the road. Not to come off as partisan here, but the Dems do have a coalition who are more fiscally conservative when it comes to addressing the deficit and are capable of working across party party lines. The health care debate has really polarized Washington right now and both sides seem to be at a stalemate.

Senator Warner raises a few good points in this article, but I think more than anything he highlights the challenges of selling something as huge and complex as health care reform and connecting that with the nation's current deficit woes.

I tend to agree with the president's current approach, though not entirely, in the sense that it's more practical to sell the need for insurance coverage, which is more tangible, than to focus on the strain on the financial system, which the everyday Joe has a difficult time relating to.

But if you go back to the president's recent speech before Congress and even before that he has talked about, at length, the very issues Warner states here. We absolutely must get the deficit under control.