Why is it ...

The only politician who's in touch with reality on the health care issue is Howard Dean? I realize he's a doctor but it's hard to believe the others are so in the tank. Money talks, I guess:

WASHINGTON - Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean says there can be no meaningful health care overhaul in America without a public option for individuals not now covered.

Dean, a medical doctor and former chairman of the Democratic Party, said in a nationally broadcast interview that the strong Republican opposition to the plan that President Barack Obama is pushing doesn't surprise him. Dean said, "We've had a government system for 50 years. The Republicans didn't like it then. It's called Medicare."

He also said in an interview on NBC's "Today" show that he can't imagine any health care overhaul without a government-funded option, asking "why would you put a trillion dollars into something that hasn't worked." [my ems]

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You know, come to think of it, one of the dumbest moves the Dems ever made was booting him from the DNC chair.

Link thanks to Nunya.