Harold Meyerson, who was obviously fired because of anti-socialist Bernie-supporter round up in the 2015 Washington Post, wrote a salient article on
Imperatives for Democrats.
But he is still acting naive. He points out that Nancy Pelosi is the one blocking medicare for all first and for-most. She argues that Americans don't want simple free healthcare and prefer the current bullshit Obamacare system because they don't like change.
And he actually takes that argument seriously and proposes some incremental solution.
It's like the Heath insurance industry hired some political scientist awhile ago to poll people's opinions on healthcare. People wanted to keep there health plans rather than have to figure out a new one....duh.
So the industry has used this kernel of information to paint the American political landscape as if a change in healthcare is completely untenable for the American people. And in the 90s they were right.
There's just one problem. This isn't the fucking 90s, and people are sick of out of control healthcare costs, crap plans with huge deductibles, outrageous drug prices. It just keeps getting worse under multi-payer privatization model.
So all the sudden a little bit of change might not be the end of the world. Its not that complicated. It's not like America is sending "mixed messages." Shit changes
But don't expect the fucking 70+ year old political boss of old to honestly argue for a huge change and how things work. Pelosi isn't worried about Republicans winning on healthcare. She is worried about her corporate doners losing on it.