What Obama will be remembered for is, 1.) being the first black president, and 2.) socialized medicine. The importance of the current wars in the Middle East will fade into insignificance as time goes on.
Consider, for example, the French Indochina War, 1946-1954, over 500,000 dead. Completely overwhelmed in history by the American version of war in Vietnam.
these two things are not the same keep to the Fen Causeway
However, the principle that health coverage should be universal has been established even if the implementation can be found lacking. By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
