Jay Rockefeller in 1991 decided to dip his toe into the presidential pool. It must have felt cold during those heady post Gulf War days when George H. W. Bush had sky high approval ratings. Democrats dug up an Arkansas governor best known for giving a very long and boring speech at the 1988 convention. Rockefeller decided to shelve his pet proposal for socialist health care and wait for a day when he might win an election. His brief window closed and he remained in the Senate.You don't hear much out of Rockefeller. He is indeed West Virginia's silent senator. Rockefeller had very little to say while left wingers gleefully attacked our most fundamental industry. This week he woke up and bashed his own party members, calling for the heads of committee chairmen, all because they dared to listen to their constituents and work with Republicans.
It is amazing how hard these guys fight to impose a health care plan that they and their families will never have to use. In socialized health care nations, those with government cards wait in line and those with cash are always escorted to the front. "Yes sir! Right away sir! Cash is always most welcome here, sir!" In America, private insurance is as good as cash because private companies are held accountable if they do not pay. Who is held accountable when Medicare does not pay providers on time? Who will be held accountable if socialist health care does not pay providers in the future?
Rockefeller, Obama, Kennedy, these guys do not have to care. They have cash, so there would never be any lines or any denial of coverage. They get the best available; we would get the best that the government has to offer. And that is all too often little better than mediocre.
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