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In reply to the discussion: Medicare for all is so much cheaper and simpler than subsidizing insurance companies [View all]Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)and lost. He went on to win as an independent and returned to the senate with a strong dislike for most Democrats...had we not primaried him we might have gotten Medicare for all...it was close Why would you primary a candidate who is popular in the polls in a safe state? The same crap is going on in Mass this year and it is nuts...we often snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory...you wanted single payer? Me too...which is why I worked my ass off for Hillary...but we lost so now we have to think of the millions who could die if the ACA is repealed...and attacking the ACA is not a winning strategy for Democrats. We will win again and can use the ACA to launch a public option. But if we don't support the ACA and call call call Congress then we will also have blood on our hands.