lefty pipe dreams. we re talking about broad bipartisan proposals like paid family leave and allowing medicare to negotiate for drug prices. we re learning the progressive base is learning we can do more when we elect leaders who are more beholden to their constituents than they are corporate interests. we ll see how that plays out electorally. there was a chance we would have lost the entire second package without their work. that means universal pre-k, expansion of medicaid. this is an incredible package. that s why i go back to we re going to have to get ready to celebrate even though we re not used to over the last four years doing a whole lot of that. especially during the pandemic. paul, listen, the president took a huge risk going to capitol hill yesterday before his trip to europe without a deal in hand, trying to get over the finish line. he didn t get it over the finish line yet at least. so, was this worth the risk for him politically? well, you re right, he took a risk
the republican position has got merit because they re just negative on everything. they re not trying to be constructive here on the kind of system we could have. the irony here of course is that, having a marketplace where you have a lot of insurance companies. competing does drive down prices. you would think that s a thing the republicans would like to tout. competition in a marketplace, driving down prices, good for the american population. when the democrats take a playbook take a page out of republican playbook they don t seem to like it and i just don t get that. that holds true even for the individual mandate, jennifer, which is from the heritage foundation, unless i m wrong. i wonder how you think this plays out electorally. you have now states like wisconsin and minnesota where one governor has chose ton basically cooperate with this, expanding medicaid roles and another governor hasn t. these are people separated by a few miles who will have dramatically different access