From the guy who got us
Obamacare
Our politics are
divided. They have been for a long time. And while I know that division makes
it difficult to listen to Americans with whom we disagree, that’s what we need
to do today.
I recognize that
repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has become a core tenet of the
Republican Party.
Still, I hope that our
Senators, many of whom I know well, step back and measure what’s really at
stake, and consider that the rationale for action, on health care or any other
issue, must be something more than simply undoing something that Democrats did.
We didn’t fight for
the Affordable Care Act for more than a year in the public square for any
personal or political gain – we fought for it because we knew it would save
lives, prevent financial misery, and ultimately set this country we love on a
better, healthier course.
Nor did we fight for
it alone. Thousands upon thousands of Americans, including Republicans, threw
themselves into that collective effort, not for political reasons, but for
intensely personal ones – a sick child, a parent lost to cancer, the memory of
medical bills that threatened to derail their dreams.
