July 28th, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Mission creep

And now, a Post In Which I Link Two Bloggers You Probably Read Anyway (PIWILTBYPRA):

Yes, like Digby says, it is pretty frustrating that Democrats let the argument slide from “universal health care” to “cheap health care,” and from the moral dimension to the fiscal one. From a progressive perspective, not to mention a messaging perspective, that blows.

On the other hand, Kevin Drum points out that the impact of the reform itself on socioeconomic norms might be far larger and more important than the impact of the reform’s framing and intent on socioeconomic norms. If we accustom the public to fair health care (an utterly new idea around these parts), more and better policy will follow later.

So in the meantime, even if we have to sacrifice the public option and other good stuff to the slavering Blue Dog horde, well, dance with the ones what brung ya…

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