Yes, yes, yes. All of that.

People forget that Nixon operated during an era where he felt like it was okay politically to propose a national health plan.

Even Obamacare got its genesis through the Republican Heritage Foundation when it became Romneycare. This includes the mandate. The only reason Republicans opposed it was because of McConnel's unfiltered racism.

If Romney had done it, the Republicans would have been all over it. It was a health care MARKETPLACE for God's sake. Right in their wheelhouse. They can't come up with a replacement because they invented the damn thing.

I've always said if you parachute Obama into the 1970s, when the highest tax rates were something like 70%, he'd be as you said, a moderate Republican.

I think few people truly understand just how far right this country has become.