They are trying to make this a policy fight.

When in fact, it's an ideological one.

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Despite the unpopularity of Obamacare, it seems like Obamacare really changed America.

Yeah, I mean, I do think it created this expectation level that the government is not

going to be a laissez-faire player in the healthcare market.

We're going to work to make sure that you have access to affordable coverage.

And once you lay down that marker, I mean, in 1993, Bill Crystal sent this memo talking

about Clinton's attempt to do universal healthcare.

And he said, we have to stop this because once you get that expectation, the public is

going to demand it.

And that's exactly what we're seeing play out.

So, you know, maybe a stop clock being right twice a day.

Bill Crystal was right.

This was a way in which the system changed.

And it changed for Democrats and Republicans, by the way, because Democrats should they

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