At a party years ago in what Massachusetts residents call the “People’s Republic of Cambridge,” I mentioned to the hostess, a gay woman, that I was a Republican. But it’s indisputable that the GOP’s distinctiveness has become sulfurous in many of the party faithful. So dinner party diversity aside, why stay Republican? I’m not in lockstep with them on every issue, but only a fanatic demands that, and some will offer sane choices in the GOP presidential primary two years hence. Other nations universalize private health coverage; we debate the pipedream of Medicare for All and the callous chaos of Obamacare repeal.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2022 22:40 UTC