A few months ago, I wrote that the outcome of the SCHIP debate portended the demise of health care “reform” as envisioned by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It appears that this reality has finally dawned on congressional Democrats. Per The Hill:
Congressional Democrats are backing away from healthcare reform promises made by their two presidential candidates, saying that even if their party controls the White House and Congress, sweeping change will be difficult.
But what about the grandiose promises of their presidential candidates?
‘We all know there is not enough money to do all this stuff,’ said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), a Finance Committee member and an Obama supporter, referring to the presidential candidates’ healthcare plans. ‘What they are doing is … laying out their ambitions.’
What they are actually “laying out,” of course, is BS. Neither Clinton nor Obama really care what they can actually accomplish. They mainly want to keep their credulous supporters on board—-people like the ever-clueless Ezra Klein:
I’ve got some calls out for clarification from the relevant offices. But in general, this articles reads strangely to me … The quotes speak more to the difficulty of the issue than anything else.
Klein is, of course, less interested in “clarification” than in reassurance. He wants someone to tell him that he’s not a dupe. But he, along with the rest of the ironically-styled ”reality-based” cummunity, has been rolled. Health care reform, for Democrats, is a slogan rather than a policy goal.
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