The Health-Care Debate Gets Nasty
In the latest Democratic presidential debate, the candidates stopped being polite and started getting real.
Those who thought the Democrats resembled an undifferentiated mass of nice people who love low deductibles were treated to some fireworks during tonight’s debate. It was the first time the Democrats started seriously attacking one another since the debates first began, in June. And the ground they chose to do battle on was an expected one: health care.
The evening struck an. “It’s original, I’ll give you that,” Buttigieg said dryly after Yang made the announcement.
