… Wherein health care is the weathervane of the governor’s race … or vice versa?
An interesting juxtaposition, from Left In Lowell’s terrific Deval Patrick interview and Health Care for All’s shiny new blog (now with comments! Be nice…):
Here’s Patrick talking to Lynne @ LIL:
Of the [health care] proposals that are out there, there are three, you probablyknow. The governor has a proposal, the Senate president has a proposal,and then there?s a proposal from Health Care for All. Those are, I?dsay, the most developed, the most concrete ideas that are on the table.I do think that the destination of health care for everyone isimportant. Even if we can?t get there in one step. The most ambitiousof the proposals is the one that appeals to me the most, which is theHealth Care for All proposal. I?m studying them all but I?m focusing onthat one. [my emphasis]
Here’s HCFA’s John McDonough:
These days anyone who believes there’s a chance the Gov. might run forre-election has a thing for the tooth fairy. The Gov’s lame duck statusis already a given and well factored into anyone’s political equation,a fact of life …
… No disrespect to the Gov. For health reform to happen, it must bebigger and more important than the Governor’s personal, politicalagenda. Bottom line: it’s up to all of us, not to him.
The more the governor removes himself from the mainstream of MA politics (and places himself into South Carolina’s), the stronger the hand of those supporting a more ambitious, real-world solution.
