Republicans Help Democrats Expand Medicare

[drbrumley]

Republicans Help Democrats Expand Medicare
Laurence M. Vance

In Virginia, after refusing to do so for years.

A telling quote.

“The fortunes for the Republican Party in Richmond were not good if the party stood mainly for divisive issues like no Medicaid expansion, no abortion and no restrictions on guns,” he said. “That’s a losing trifecta in suburban Virginia, and that’s where the votes are.”

 

[The Barbarian]

A telling quote.

“The fortunes for the Republican Party in Richmond were not good if the party stood mainly for divisive issues like no Medicaid expansion, no abortion and no restrictions on guns,” he said. “That’s a losing trifecta in suburban Virginia, and that’s where the votes are.”

The plan, when the founders set up the system, was for elected officials to be responsive to the will of the people.

Republicans have gotten away from that sort of thinking, so it's nice to see them considering what people actually elect them to do.