re: #1390 wozzablog

The sale was made during the election - Obama’s key policy was healthcare reform that included a public option, he won, and (originally Daschle) and hewere going to just pass the damn thing.

They sold the idea of healthcare reform -not the actual details. When I talk about “making the sale”, it’s the details I’m talking about.

The last job I had, we essentially wrote the employment law for state employees. People would be up at arms, “you need to do something about this!”.

So we say, OK, we will.

Then we’d work out the details among our staff.

THEN we still had to go out and “make the sale”, where the details were explained at great length, questions answered, etc.

All before we ever brought the thing up to be passed.

And that’s what I think was missing from this.