“I think the Romney Care Obama Care distinction could have been overcome.”
I intently tried to differentiate the two. Every attempt at an explanation by Romney or one of his supporters fell flat to me. The state vs federal is BS. It is big intrusive socialist government at any level regardless of whether the founding documents of the implementing entity allows it or not.
It is intrusive, and it is a bad approach, but if the state versus federal does not make any difference to you, then you have a huge blind spot on the wisdom of the Founders and the entire concept of states rights and the 10th Amendment.
That concept was indeed founded on the principle of multiple state “laboratories” where concepts could be tried in a confined area. That very process dictates that there will be some failures and some bad ideas in those laboratories. But remember my friend, that was known ahead of time, which is why they were forming a “more perfect union” and not trying to form a “perfect” union.
Think about it. HUGE difference between perfect and more perfect, and between state and federal.