Perverse

Obama and his campaign team accomplished something extraordinary in 2008. They inspired, and turned out, a huge number of young people who had not voted before. These new voters, new Democrats, were moved by his commitment to Change of a system driven by lobbyists and not voters.

I cannot think of a more effective way of alienating those voters than forcing them to buy shitty health insurance they can't afford even if subsidized (13% of income?!?).

And, of course, Obama will be throwing away really remarkable emotional commitments (via digby) on the part of his most fervent supporters.

I guess, in the end, it is all about the Daschle/Tauzin retirement plan.