Fact: Kucinich is a party politican who is willing to concede principle for party reputation.
That's right! He met with President Obama on a few occassions and the last time was a plane ride before the legislation would be voted on. Dennis Kucinich disagreed with pretty much everything in the bill. He's a supporter of single-payer universal healthcare. This wasn't even close to that.
However, in his blog Mr. Kucinich says it is a step towards single-payer (which is laughable) and that it was to save Obama and the Democratic Party's reputation. By that, it means like how the Republicans pushed through "No Child Left Behind" and the Bush healthcare legislation that were seen as huge Conservative vicotories. He was worried they would get the same sort of treatment as is what happened during the Clinton presidency.
However, you are not going to see Ron Paul do this. Ron Paul voted for neither of those conservative victories. He has never done a party vote, strictly because it's partisan, he votes because he believes it is constitutional and fits his philosophy.
I used to believe Kucinich was like that, and while he might be more honest than most, he's definitely no Ron Paul.
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