Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will co-sponsor Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-all bill

[Expecting Rain]

2. If the "it" is Democratic politicians are positioning themselves for 2020...

I agree.

If "it" is a belief that we've reached some sort of critical mass to pass an actual bill, I'd say not even close.

Any hopes of passing a single payer bill will require legislation of much greater substance than anything we've seen thus far.

So far we have posturing.