This was a compromise? With who? The only votes in favor of it were Democrat, and some of those had to bought with sweetheart deals. Who did he compromise with?
Oh, it's Doofie. He made it up. Never mind.
Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
For someone who pretends to be so smart, you seem to have a 2nd grade understanding of how the whole legislative process works.
Maybe you need to go back and re-watch some Schoolhouse Rock skits.
Anyways,
here's where the compromise is laid out.
Key paragraph since i suspect you won't read the link:
"DeParle's memo makes clear that the Obama White House remained skeptical of the mandate as late as the spring of 2009. Like anyone who has won an election, Obama naturally wanted to avoid contradicting his campaign positions if he could. The President was pushed into adopting the individual mandate by two forces: Democrats in Congress and the C.B.O. When it became clear that it was untenable for Obama to keep his anti-mandate campaign position, his aides looked to Massachusetts to craft their own proposal, which included the same kind of hardship waiver as the state law
The house bill and the senate bill both had a mandate. That left Obama as essentially the only Democrat who was opposed to the mandate. If he wanted a health care bill, he didn't have much choice.
You've now been proven a fool. Again.
Perhaps you should refrain from posting opinion articles and passing them off as fact.