Health care in the last debate, with my own personal experience added in

[jaderabbit]

I was pleased with the last American presidential debate. It was an interesting, lively format, and we heard some details we hadn't heard before.

Health care is a big issue for our family. Although we're all healthy right now (knock wood), we've had some big scares, and we know the value of good insurance.

When I was pregnant, I worked full-time and

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[auros]

McCain believes, religiously, that the market is always the solution. His plan, therefore, is to shove as many as people as possible into that market, and give the firms as much freedom as possible to make their policies more complicated, confusing, and discriminatory

[jaderabbit]

You bring up a good point. It's not like we'll all get a $5,000 check in the mail if McCain is elected.

[cynodd]

This has been my big issue for very similar reasons

[jaderabbit]

Thanks for telling your story. It's important that we tell people these things. We all need to understand how the presidency can affect us.

We're not voting for a title in the high school yearbook. This is serious stuff, and it's good to have strong opinions about it.

[auros]

I was originally for Edwards, because Edwards clearly had the best positions on taxes and healthcare. But I've always thought Obama had a clearer understanding of energy and climate, and he's really impressed me over the last six months.

Hillary was never a serious possibility for my vote. Too polarizing, too willing to hand the GOP material for the general (see: Ayres, William), and all her good proposals were stolen from either Edwards or Obama.

And I'm deeply thankful, given later developments, that we didn't end up with Edwards on the ticket...

[jaderabbit]

In Hilary's defense, I don't really care if someone else had the same ideas first. It's the whole picture that matters. That said, I'm very happy with the idea of an Obama presidency.