Around the time of the final Obama-care push Dean like most democrats jumped on board just to have a democrat win against Republicans. But Howard Dean was already on record for opposing that bill, which was basically the Senate Bill (with more taxes and pork) with mandates without a public option. He had previously told progressives to kill the Senate bill. Progressives hated the idea of a mandate to private insurance companies, but they sold out their principles for a D win against Republicans. Now they must live with it.
Forcing people to subsidize private corporations.
How could any good socialist vote for that? ;d