Just for the record, from the beginning, I have been against 'the mandate'.

By the same token, I've yet to see a plan that addresses the real problem of health care in this country - the fact that we pay MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH PER CAPITA than any other country and yet so many are uncovered and undercovered.

My position is that, as much as I don't like it, *if* you're going to have national health care or a hybrid plan with a public option or WHATEVER - the ONLY way you're going to be able to pay for it, from a Constitutional standpoint, is a national sales tax.