I think most would prefer no government involvement but the mood in the country at that time was that there would be a prescription drug plan. Better to have a program that works than the crap Democrats propose. George Bush campaigned on his plan and followed through as promised.
Excellent insight and worth repeating again and again.
What few people realize, mainly because they’re not elected representatives, is that sometimes politics is the art of the lesser evil.
If spending is coming down the pipeline and you cannot stop it, you can at least head it in the right direction.
That happens more often than not and you have to get ahead of the herd to do that.
Instantly you’re called a RINO.
No one says, “Wow, we could have fallen off the cliff.” They say, “You, traitor! Why did you turn the wheel at the last minute!”