BamaKennedy is not reforming the health care economy for the purpose of ‘fixing’ health care. He owes the UNIONS ‘big time’ and they for all practical purposes are broke. This is his pay for their play in getting out his vote.
A good and honest lawyer could make a case this is nothing more than a case of bribery, theft, and corruption. IMO.
It's a useful tactic in debate/rhetoric to tackle an opponent's arguments as if all of their assumptions were true, and then showing that the opponent's position is still faulty or wrong. In his manner, you don't have to convince the viewer that the assumptions are wrong, you only have to show that no matter whether they are right or wrong, your argument is still superior.