You didn't know this already? :)

Article-length version of something I've yelped about for years, came out right during the teeth of COVID lockdown when everyone had way more important things to do.

Same here. Why do you think that is for you?

Yep. Because they hang out in the gym or whatever. I believe the social side of the old boy network is alive and well.

Apparently Durbin, but I can't for the life of me imagine why.

Maybe this isn't the ideal moment for that level of detail. Do people generally agree that the current situation makes clear that *no policy* grounded in private insurance coverage is up to the task? No matter what we call the replacement?

Makes sense.

See the conflict here? If you're right that GOPers NEVER will vote to restore the subsidies, then your original point that Dems can hold out longer later doesn't make any difference. Voters know where the lines are, which is why 10s of millions of people turned out last week in an off-off-year.

By which time the ACA subsidies will have expired. They're never coming back. Best case scenario, this becomes the moment when the mainstream finally realizes that Medicare for All is the best answer, but that's a long way from happening, and a lot of people are going to suffer in the meantime.

Yes, I remember. I lived in Florida when he was serving.

Casey was OK. For sure, a rock star in comparison to McCormick.

Yeah.... That would be cool. I wonder what it's like!