re: #690 cliffster

Again: “Leftist” is not a useful word. The other day I outlined a plan to help prison reform using just the private sector; is that a ‘leftist’ position of mine?

Politics, economics, justice— these topics are all too complex to really be broken up into ‘right’ and ‘left’. What you see as ‘leftist’ on my part I really do see as pragmatism. I have no ideological desire for a public option. I just think that since we already have socialized health insurance, we should do it right, because the way we do it now is costly and wasteful.