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Mark-- I think there is a difference, but it may be one somewhat of degree, and I pointed it out so the readers could see another aspect of the debate that perhaps they had not heard before. Ergo, there is in fact a significant difference between (1) taking over terminally ailing grandma's upkeep while she dies and (2) setting up the program so that you're slowly euthanizing her (terminally ill or not) while cynically cooing and telling her and the rest of the family you're doing the best thing. Rather's point, which does indeed take a different tack from the conventional lore, is that the Nixon White House staff took the latter approach and not the former. Volpe, on the other hand, was a true believer and doesn't fit the mold of the "we'll make her comfortable till she dies, which we know is going to happen" approach--he thought you could indeed nurse Grandma back to health. I'm not a conspiracy fan, but I'll point out that Charlie believed it, I think it's interesting, and I've seen little to refute it. As to competing ideologies, yes on one level, but Rather's point is that ideology made little or no difference in the final legislative product, and ego made all the difference. That's not the same viewpoint at all. I'll leave the economics issue for later. Mitch-- Bravo! Well said.
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