Reply #94: He never was in office after he changed to the more liberal position [View All]

[karynnj]

That meant he never had to make the compromises that a person actually trying to get a plan passed has to make.

John Edwards NEVER ran on single payer. The fact is that the only time Obama spoke of single payer was in a debate where the context was he was accused of changing from a 2003 comment in support of single payer. Obama's answer was essentially if he were starting from scratch, that is what he would support, but it was not feasible from where we are. Given that Senator Sanders has no co-sponsors, he is right.

I don't recall if Edwards brought that up or the moderator as a question. If Edwards did, what would his point have been? Edwards was never for single payer. I do remember Edwards bringing up the question of mandates.