It is a simple axiom that the more details that are known about a given proposal, the more contention that will arise over that proposal.
To wit (via WaPo): Alliances Splinter in Debate Over Health-Care Reform
Months of relative cooperation among disparate interest groups in the heath-care reform debate appear to be coming to an end, as the major political parties and their surrogates unleash dueling television advertisements, e-mail campaigns and grass-roots protests.
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with several pieces of legislation officially written, other interest groups have begun taking clear sides. Richard Kirsch, Health Care for America Now’s national campaign manager, said that “things are heating up, because there are actual bills out there.”
Surely this is as predictable as the sun coming out tomorrow, yes?
And as a side note, as I have not yet fully engaged this debate, but for legislation that is supposed to solve our national health care problems, I must say that the process to date has felt less complex and more shallow that I would expect for such an endeavor.
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