In this video below, you will hear Hillary Clinton speak about and take questions about Health Care and how she will approach changing the system.
Her passion and knowledge here is genuine and admirable, however, the autocratic manner in which she speaks about her resolutions (about 1/2 way into the video) reveals everything about why she is too divisive a vessel to be successful as the front-person on this issue.
After awhile (1/2 way), I really couldn't even keep listening to Hillary's talk anymore. It was clear that she was passionate and dedicated, but it also seemed to me that, with her speaking style, that she would never be able to really advance the dialog beyond preaching to the choir.
We need a uniter, not a divider (and no I don't mean George W. Bush).
I believe that either Obama and Edwards would be able to appeal to the essential human need for universal coverage and be able to propose their own offerings in a way that comes across more easily acceptable for Congressman and to Business interests that are out on the edges.
Below an Obama Health Care as a contrast:
Video Link: http://link.brightcove.com/...
Notice that Obama exposes and talks about all the same problems and issues as Hillary does, but he does it in gentle yet thoughtful, probing way that draws you into the discussion (rather than the lecture-at-you, mandate-at-you Hillary style).
I really believe that if Obama is the President, the discussion will advance forward without type of the rancor and the stalemates that have accompanied Hillary Clinton both in the past and will undoubtably do so again.