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Three Cheers against Romney Care
  12 Feb 2012     4:15 pm

Last October, one political pundit explained how a mere 3 percentage point decline in Massachusetts’ uninsured rate after the enactment of Romney Care showed the failure of universal health care at even a state level. She did not like the policy itself, but thought that Romney had the best chance of winning out of any of the candidates. Essentially, the Buckley rule was being practiced, that we vote for the most electable conservative candidate, the key word being electable. Over the next two months, this tongue-in-cheek endorsement transformed into full-fledged …