On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:42:30 -0500, Neeum Zawan wrote:

> On 08/27/09 22:00, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> So I'm confused, because you wrote back to Shay and said you never
>> denied that he said his goal was to have single payer.  Or are you
>> highlighting that he's stated both?
> 
> 	Yes.

Now it makes sense. :-)

> 	He's a politician, after all. When it's convenient, he said he 
was for
> it. When it's convenient, he dismisses it as a fantasy (not his words,
> but pretty much says it's impossible to achieve).
> 
> 	I'm not going to assume one of his statements as truth and the 
other as
> false. Both are suspect.
> 
> 	He has a history of doing this all along. Pre-Senator Obama was a 
very
> different person (in rhetoric) than Senator Obama, and slightly
> different as President. He says what he has to to get votes, and has
> done a 180 degree turn on quite a few issues.

Well, and I think all politicians (even the long-time ones) get a good 
idea and then when they see what it'll take, they have an "oh crap" 
moment, too.

Jim

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