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Obama's Health Care Speech

My take away from this historic speech . We have our work cut out for us. But we are in a much better position tonight than yesterday. I thought the speech showed courage. Obama's presidency is now staked on passing health care reform and that reform includes a public insurance option open to all Americans. Further, Obama provided (and will continue to provide ) the American public with a clear and emotional understanding that those who are most rooted in the status quo and opposed to reform are the insurance companies who have profited from that status quo. It is a simple and powerful argument. Our nation has a moral obligation to end discrimination against the sick. To that end, there are going to be new laws and regulations of the insurance industry passed with broad public support. Progressives should work together with all Democrats to make those laws the best laws possible. We should broaden our emphasis from a too tight emphasis on the public option. This makes political and