Apparently the Democratic Primary is hurting it's contestants badly and making it more likely that John McCain will be our next president. Rachel Madow on Air America last night quoted a Gallup poll that found 28% of Clinton supporters say would vote for McCain if Obama became the Democratic nominee and 19% of Obama supporters say they would vote for McCain if it was Clinton who wins the nomination.
Meanwhile, McCain endorses the Bush policy of blaming foreclosure victims for the loss of their homes while bailing out the banks that sold the loans.
On his website, John McCain's health care plan calls for ending the tax break employers get for funding employee health insurance, and replacing it with a tax credit of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families. With many individuals and families earning so little that such a tax credit would be useless I believe this plan risks collapsing an already fragile health care system. He calls on families and individuals (many of whom are already one paycheck from disaster) to take up the slack. It's conservative boiler plate to throw responsibility downward on to those least able to handle it, but this strikes me as more than just mean, but potentially risky to the whole system. Employer funded health care is the cornerstone of the patchwork "system" we have right now. Take that away and what are we left with? More families without adequate health care and the entire system a risk for collapse.