>>> Any liberal positions Nixon had were just attempts (often cynical) to create
>>> conservative versions of more progressive bills that Democrats in Congress
>>> were pushing.
>>
>> Interesting how the Dems don't do these things when they actually
>> have the power to do them.
>
>
> Look: When we had power we *tried* to do national health insurance,
> gays in the military, striker replacement, et cetera...
>
> We're more incompetent than malevolent...
>
>
> Brad DeLong
Brad,
Did people in the Clinton administration support a single payer system in theory, even if they thought it politically impossible to get? I always thought that in an ideal world Clinton would have preferred the Canadian system.
Jacob Segal