http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/266141-five-things-to-watch-in-clinton-sanders-clash
[...] *Will Clinton continue to attack on healthcare?* The Clinton campaign has been trying to turn Sanders’s preference for a single-payer healthcare system against him recently — a gambit that is a head-scratcher for many Democratic insiders. Particularly perplexing was Chelsea Clinton’s first appearance on the stump last week, in which she said that Sanders was intending to “dismantle” Medicare and other health programs, including ObamaCare. The factual basis of the attack was shaky <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/14/chelsea-clinton/chelsea-clinton-mischaracterizes-bernie-sanders-he/>, as Sanders’ proposals would instantly replace, and expand upon, the things that would be dismantled. The choice of Chelsea as the messenger also raised eyebrows. The larger puzzle is why the Clinton campaign is attacking the Vermonter on an issue where his position is overwhelmingly popular among Democratic voters. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll <http://kff.org/uninsured/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-december-2015/0/>last month found some 81 percent of Democrats in favor of a single, government-run, universal healthcare plan, commonly labelled “Medicare for All.” Hillary Clinton has voiced similar criticisms to those expressed by her daughter. Will she try to turn the page on Sunday evening, or will she intensify her critique? [...] === Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1
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