There are a few kinds of partisan divisions on the issue of health care reform and two of them exist on our side of the spectrum. First, the Obama-Clinton divide on mandating employer based care and second, the left has a structural divide between advocates of single-payer and employer based health care.
I live in Massachusetts and as a blogger at this site I am seriously disappointed that partisans of all varieties continue to trash and defame my state's efforts to address costs by mandating coverage. I am particularly incensed when partisans don't tell the truth about my state. And I think we need to have this discussion honestly because if we can't get real national reform that works for actual people in the next administration then we'll be ready for the proverbial fork.
I read the Why Elizabeth Edwards is Wrong diary and I think the diarist owes a correction, several of them actually. But this diary is not about Mrs. Edwards as she can speak for herself. This diary is about us having an honest dialog.
