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I had been under the impression that John Edwards's health plan did require buying from private insurance companies, but the government would help people with low income afford the premiums. I didn't care, because, despite seeing Michael Moore's "Sicko" and acknowledging problems with insurance for profit, I am not ready to scrap the whole system. I think it can be better regulated and give us the best of both worlds.

Anyway, you know how they sort of came up with "Compassionate Conservative" for George Bush :puke:
Well, since then, I've liked liked to call myself a "Logical Liberal." In further keeping with alliteration, Edwards is a "Pragmatic Progressive."

Idealism is great, but the fact is, things get done by compromise. And while sometimes we get pissed off at the compromises our leaders make, we also get pissed when they are so stubborn and unyielding that nothing gets done.

I think Edwards would fall into that first category, Kucinich the second.