How Obama and the Democrats failed to defend the universal right to healthcare

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3. "excluding single-payer healthcare from consideration"

sounds so much better than "arresting single payer advocates at a hearing"

Who can blame most Democrats for the rephrasing?
But if a Republican had done that most D's wouldn't forget. Ever.
An example of a broken system.

Baucus’s Raucous Caucus: Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare

Advocates of single-payer universal healthcare — the system favored by most Americans — continue to protest their exclusion from discussions on healthcare reform. On Tuesday, five doctors, nurses and single-payer advocates were arrested at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, bringing the total number of arrests in less than a week to thirteen. We speak with two of those arrested: Single Payer Action founder Russell Mokhiber and Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program. [includes rush transcript]
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/13/baucus_raucus_caucus_doctors_nurses_and

The problem can't begin to be fixed until it's acknowledged.