Personally, I think it's a case of terrible timing. I think Obama should have waited until the economy was on the upswing and then proposed it. People are scared atm and it's too easy for his opponents to capitalize on that fear. I guess it's possible that there are more racist idiots here than I realize...but in truth, I think it's that rising unemployment and costs and plummeting home values, etc., creates a bad environment in which to start a large new program. People are terrified of so many things right now; health care just happens to be the latest scapegoat.

I'm for health care reform, and I like Obama, but I still think the timing is sucky.

Also, bunches of our elected officials get contributions from insurance companies, medical groups, etc. So they're under a lot of pressure to please the groups that helped them get into office. Our whole election system is pretty fucked itself. :-/