Originally Posted by MS Fowler

Are you sure about nationalizing healthcare was a HUGE part of Obama's campaign? I think that might be a little revision of history. Obama's campaign, and here on OD was that he was not GB. He carefully avoided any details in his zeal for hope and change. The genius of that approach was that everyone got to define Obama as he/ she wanted. I think the healthcare issue came to the fore during the campaign, and even more afterward, but I would not say it was a huge part of his campaign.