NR Daily: On Health Care, Bipartisan Dishonesty Is the Problem

The story of health-care policy this week, this month, and for the last decade (at least) has been a tale of partisan folly. But fear not, this isn't another earnest pundit's lament for the vital center to emerge, phoenix-like, to form a governing coalition of moderates in both parties. That's not my bag. After all, I have always argued that bipartisanship is overrated. Bipartisan support often means unthinking support (as the Founders could have told you). Partisans may be annoying from time to time, but they also can be relied upon to point out the shortcomings of what the other side is doing ...

July 21 2017

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