The word I used was "irony", the correct characterization for the self-contradiction I cited.
Elections have consequences.
Candidate McCain was a fine man.
His unfortunate choice of running mate may have doomed his presidential candidacy.
Obama pledged, if we like our healthcare plan we can keep our healthcare plan. True in my case (VA), but perhaps not in others.
I don't believe Obama's was a groundless lie. I believe it got lost in the shuffle between executive organization and legislative negotiation.
What's Trump's excuse on: - I'm gunna build a wall. Mexico's gunna pay for it. -
The numerous reports I've read of it indicate the U.S. is a backwater, decades behind our Western allies & trading partners on healthcare.
Their per capita expenditure on healthcare is lower, and their healthcare outcomes are in most categories as good or better.
But Obama included in his reasoning for the update, to keep the U.S., for chief example, our automobile production, competitive with the rest of the global market.