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Without being too tinfoil hatlike, rarely does anyone trot out a radical plan in full bloom. The good Dr's piece was all about getting people to see, intellectually, how rationing care to the young and elderly was "reasonable." Once you've got them hooked, you incrementally move to your true position. Look at abortion: we've gone from "safe, legal and rare" to infanticide.

Now, do I think Zeke always wanted death panels etc (but not for him and his ilk)? He doesn't strike me as smart enough to fully think through such an evil genius plan. But is he a useful idiot....?

Townshend said The Who was a "spent force" creatively after Quadrophenia, and in general he's right. The Quadrophenia Tour of 2012-13 was perhaps their best post-Moon tour; The Rock live was a borderline religious experience. They remained - and remain - an outstanding live act.

Townshend said The Who was a "spent force" creatively after Quadrophenia, and in general he's right.

True, but Townshend still had a backlog of songs from the "Lifehouse" project, "Slip Kid" (one of my all-time favorite Who songs, is one of them)

I think you are right, but I only read a snippet of the article so I didn’t come away with the death panels and all that. Psychologically, I think you nailed the thinking behind how they move an agenda forward. Inch by inch... and that is what they think progress is all about.

My favorites of The Who are the songs “Won’t get Fooled Again” and the fist track from “Live at Leeds.” Live at Leeds is a great album — one of the best live albums for starkness and energy.