Reply #99: I must disagree. Health care for all is the backbone of the progressive cause.

[CTyankee]

Or at least part of the backbone. It provides better economic security for the people who need it the most, so that they can have better, healthier and more productive lives. They will be materially better off. They see and understand that the system can work for them, so they become more involved in our democracy. Their economic well being is one of the central elements to the progressive cause.