Nothing of this scope has been attempted, outside of wartime as a consequence of the war effort. We are in a quasi-war on terrorists now, but Bummer has notably made no reference to that in pimping Bummercare. This IS new.
May be new, but it ain't the end of the democrat party, which is what I wrote. This IS the democrat party these days -- the progressives are clearly in charge, and it is not limited to the democrat party. Lindsay Graham, John McCain and their ilk are are leading the GOP down the same path. It is the progressives that we need to target and bring down.