What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate

Biden says everyone needs to slow their roll on Medicare for All because its politically problematic. And it’s certainly hard to imagine a narrow 50 or 51-seat Democratic Senate majority passing such a plan.

This focus on health care is no surprise: In an October 2018 wave of my panel survey, 30 percent of Democrats listed health care as the most important issue to them, far above any other issue.

Sanders repeats his “I wrote the damn bill,” applause line.