November 19, 2007

As the presidential campaign unfolds in all its glory, I am reminded repeatedly of the profound wisdom and good sense of my esteemed colleague, Dr. Paul Howard. Gentleman. Scholar. Bon vivant. Connoisseur of thick steaks and fine whiskey. Babe magnet, as revealed by the incredible intelligence and charm of his wife, the fair Christina. And now it is revealed further that Paul is a public policy analyst of subtle perception and powerful foresight.

After all, Paul is the director of the Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute. But why Medical Progress, that is, health-care policy? It could have been a Center devoted to the protection of liberty and market processes in any economic sector exposed to the machinations of the Beltway, which is to say, any sector at all.

But Paul chose health-care policy, seeing before everyone else that it would provide full-time employment and a range of emerging issues virtually infinite, thus keeping us busy and out of the hoosegow. And precisely how do we know that this endeavor will provide full-time employment forever? Well, one need look no further than the newly-emerged issue of whether the Hillary campaign has some sort of nefarious information about her rival, Senator Obama, as reported by Robert Novak in a column Sunday. After a series of furious charges, countercharges, denials, non-denial denials, and similar salvos exchanged by the Hillary and Obama camps, the Hillary campaign, standing foursquare, finally came forth with the following:

Senator Obama knows that our campaign responded instantly with a clear denial. Senator Obama is manufacturing an issue to distract voters from a disastrous debate performance that revealed that his health care plan doesn't cover every American.

So there we have it. Everything---everything---leads back to health-care policy and "universal coverage". And I, Ben Zycher, microscopic cog (except for my waistline) in the great public-policy machine, am part of it! And whom can I thank for this? None other than my comrade in arms, Dr. Paul Howard! Gentleman. Scholar. Bon vivant...

Posted by Benjamin Zycher at November 19, 2007 09:19 AM

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