I got this idea while watching Gov. Howard Dean on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" a couple of nights ago. It's related to health care, and perhaps a way to illustrate the insane proposition of a bunch of health-insurance-for-life enjoying senators deciding whether there should be a "public option".
The worst part of this whole health care debate to me is the insanity of elected representatives who receive health care for life telling us - the american public - that we don't deserve/want/require such coverage without taking "responsibility" for our own coverage/care.
So I'm thinking that democratic operatives draft people who cannot currently afford health insurance who will run for the U.S. Senate.
I'm proposing a campaign based solely upon "we want what you have." These candidates don't need to have a lot of political skills. But they should be able to articulate one simple, clear, unavoidable fact: They do not have health insurance, and their election to the U.S. Senate is the only sure-fire way for them to get it.
Will any of them win? Probably not. But I think it's important that they stand up and be counted. Hell, I'd love it if 50 MILLION Americans registered as candidates for the sole reason of getting onto that "cadillac health care" that keeps congresspeople immune to the plight of the rest of us related to health care.
Perhaps this type of campaign would really highlight the insanity of people like Mitch McConnell lecturing the American public about health care. (substitute Baucus or any of the other "non-public-option" folks in there if it makes you happy).
Stand up for what you believe in, right?