His interview regarding abortion was bordering on incoherent.
If you read his interviews actually typed out verbatim, most are like this. He usually leaves things vague enough and just focuses on emotion so that people will actually project their own beliefs on to him. When he does try to be specific, you often find he'll make statements that take 3-4 positions within the same statement or two- so everyone can find something they like. Take his statement on Obamacare in the first debate. I highlighted the different positions he took in different colors so anyone looking for the answer they want to hear- he covered it. You want single payer now, he likes it. You think single payer could work if we change things up, you got it. You want free market bidding, you got it. You want corporate subsidized healthcare, you got it. You want big insurance out of it, you got it. You want medicare programs expanded, you got it.
As far as single-payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here."
"What I'd like to see is a private system without the artificial lines around every state. I have a big company with thousands and thousands of employees. And if I'm negotiating in New York or in New Jersey or in California, I have like one bidder. Nobody can bid.
You know why? Because the insurance companies are making a fortune because they have control of the politicians, of course, with the exception of the politicians on this stage.
But they have total control of the politicians. They're making a fortune."
"Get rid of the artificial lines and you will have yourself great plans. And then we have to take care of the people that can't take care of themselves. And I will do that through a different system."
All things to all people.
