Wait a second, there. Dole was in the process of working out a “compromise” with Hillarycare when Phil Gramm stood up and said “Hell no!”
Credit for stopping it belongs almost entirely to Gramm.
Hank
“Wait a second, there. Dole was in the process of working out a “compromise” with Hillarycare when Phil Gramm stood up and said “Hell no!” Credit for stopping it belongs almost entirely to Gramm.”
Good point - I remember Gramm saying something like Hillarycare would have to pass over his “dead political body” or something close. Those were the days.
Dole came through at the very end, trying to hold a filibuster together while Danforth and some other big-time RINOs were trying to ‘cut a deal’.
Together they protected health care in this country for 2 decades. Sucks to have it falling apart now.