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By all means, primary the cavers anyway, but you actually have to put forth a candidate to do that, not just imagine one into being.

You're literally claiming a Nazi Tattoo is a "pirate tattoo" something tells me there's a different reason you want Democrats to lose.

Yes.

It is *not possible* to have pre-existing conditions protection without some sort of system like the ACA in place. i mean, technically it is, but you end up with obscene premiums that no one can pay (which is what’s happening now)

at the end of the day, market insurance cannot provide insurance for sick people. It isn’t because insurers are greedy (though they are); it’s because every insurer would go bankrupt.

this is the thing every one of the 8 are taking huge amounts of heat and yet none of their offices have leaked "oh Schumer totally gave us a pass, please be mad at him not me!" because he didn't, because sometimes you just can't force Senators to do what you want.

I think we should have continued! But I can't disregard the legitimate harms that route takes.

There's a lot of narritive-driven politics people fall into, and it will always slip down bad paths quickly. You don't have to like the deal. You can think the consequences are ultimately worthwhile. You don't have to fit it into some heroic narrative

"Keep denying appropriations until either the Republican Party decides they like the ACA finally, or until the 120th Congress is sworn" doesn't meet that criteria