re: #162 ObserverArt

I thought this was a good diary, The Democrats saved your health care. Again.

The Republicans made one more effort to repeal Obamacare, and take health insurance, and thus health care, from tens of millions of Americans. And failed. Again. And most of the attention will go to the failure of Trump and the Republican congressional “leadership” to enact their toxic agenda despite full control of government. And that is a big part of the story. The Republicans are too incompetent to inflict the full damage they intend. But there is an even bigger part of the story.

The Democrats haven’t wavered in protecting Obamacare. Republicans couldn’t peel off even one Democratic vote. That speaks to the leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, and it also proves once again that even the worst Democratic members of Congress are paradigmatically better than even the least worst Republicans. No one should be allowed to forget that. And we all owe the Democrats our gratitude.

The Republicans will inevitably attempt to revivify their zombie efforts, but this current process is over. Because the Democrats refused to budge. And now Democrats can ramp up the conversation about how to improve Obamacare and put us on the path toward a full single-payer national healthcare system that affordably provides quality access to everyone.

The Democrats in states Trump won should really be commended. But the comments in the article include “No, three Republicans defeated it” and “Jimmy Kimmel defeated it” and “The Democrats did virtually nothing.”