Thank God For The Individual Mandates!

Well, we came this close to losing it all.

But thank god for the individual mandates!

It's the ONE THING left in this bill that makes this bill a net positive for progressives.

Repeat, it is the ONLY THING left in this bill that the progressives REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want.

And, I think we should write about this sense of relief and happiness we feel.  That we are so RELIEVED and HAPPY that the individual mandates still exist.  And write about it everywhere.

Particularly in Connecticut.  And in letters to Connecticut Senators.  That we as progressives are so, so happy that the individual mandate is still in the bill, and relieved that the individual mandate isn't being taken out, and that with the individual mandate in there, we can still claim this as a progressive victory.