I know a bit about bleeding.  As antique dealers, we have sold dozens of bleeders, circa 1850 and earlier. 

Bleeders aren't real pretty looking tools and aren't all that useful but for some reason a lot of people still think that involuntary bleeding of individuals for healthcare is a grand idea.

The subject comes under the general theme of use taxes. Mostly use taxes are a terrible idea.  They are expensive to collect, regressive and discriminatory.  About the only thing worse is sin taxes.

Naturally, as with Hillary's mandates, both are very popular.

Imagine if the Iraq War was funded with mandated payments to Halliburton.  Think there might have been problem.  That is pretty much akin to what Hillary plans with forced payments to private insurance companies.  Or worse.

Of course, Bush wisely chose to put the was on the cuff instead.

One of these days we may be able to play the game of politics far away from the shadows of the DLC's goal posts.

Obama may yet make that possible.

Hope so.

Best,  Terry