MEGAN MCARDLE ON HEALTH CARE:

I don’t think it is actually true that trying to pass a bill people hate, and then thinking the better of it because it turns out the electorate hates it, is no different from trying to pass a bill people hate, finding out that they really, really hate it, and then ignoring them and pushing it through anyway.

Moreover, I am sort of amazed that anyone does think this.

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Related: “We’re absolutely in full fake-cheerleading mode.”