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Ok, I will!

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For example say we have a public option... Or decided that ... Or say decide...  Once you have universal access there would seem to be little way to establish leak-through barriers that would prevent incremental movement of more and more people over to single payer over time.

First, thanks for proving my point that public option is no "line in the sand" because there's no there there. The "mush" is so great that it overwhelms "the goodness. I see definition after definition -- unlike single payer, which is embodied in legislation -- and because there are so many definitions, there's no way to hold anybody accountable for anything.

Second, thanks for this: "[T]here would seem to be little way..." Forgive me not being re-assured by "seems." Frankly, I, I assume like you, am not an expert in how legislation can be crafted. So, on this matter, I'll take a former state legislator, governor, and administration spokesperson as the subject matter expert on how legislation can be crafted. If that be argument from authority, in addition to evidence of intent, then so be it.

I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.  

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by: lambert @ Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 13:00:59 PM CDT