Instead of backing it and drumming up the votes, he scuttles it.This isn't just a cowardly surrender, not at this point. This is deliberate opposition to any competition to for-profit insurance.
If I had a paid LJ account (note: I don't want one) and knew what the font was for all those YES WE CAN posters back in 2008, I'd make this animated icon:
(photo of Obama)
MOON LANDING?
NO WE CAN'T
PUBLIC OPTION?
NO WE CAN'T
JAIL BUSH?
NO WE CAN'T
LEAVE IRAQ?
NO WE CAN'T
RE-ELECT OBAMA?
NO WE CAN'T