Can Lefty Health Reformers Stage a Ninth-Inning Rally?
The Yankees and opponents of real health care reform are winning (something we discussed last time). But neither the baseball nor the political game is over: If the Yanks don’t make it to the Series, they’ll be losers, and a ninth-inning rally could give true health reformers a walk-off win. Yankees history supports the long-shot thesis that dissident underdogs can pull out a come-from-behind victory. In 1976, the Yanks had arranged to take over 32 acres of Macombs Dam Park as part of a remodeling of the Stadium. But local protesters on opening day that year caught the eye of Walter Cronkite. CBS ran the story of the would-be land grab, which stopped it…until the Yankees got their way 30 years later. How is that history relevant to the health reform contest playing out today? Coverage by the media can add decisive clout to whichever side makes the stronger showing. If the the team pitching for the public option could mobilize some of its millions of players to march in support of that
