If in the wake of the current pandemic and pervasive unrest the country cannot see a way to obtain universal single payer health care and protect the American people from the depredations of corporations and a failed philosophy and budget for the police and military, then we may find the nation in the twilight of the period that guided us since the Constitution was drafted and ratified. How can something like Medicare for All not be at the forefront as millions are left unemployed and thrown out of private insurance coverage? Those who wish to remain with private carriers should be granted waivers to do that, but the country needs a way to protect public health and to guarantee to everyone that necessary care is given. This issue, like the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for full equality under law for the half of our citizenry who still remain outside the umbrella of protection, is not only ripe, it would be a disaster and a sin if we did not make this a central issue in the 2020 election. Emblazon it on our ensign and go forward boldly into battle. Now is our moment, and, might I add in the best words of The Movement, We Shall Overcome!

Not ‘someday’, but right now ; we are the ones that need to do this.