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John, I think you're quite right that Michael Cannon's argument is better and more likely to resonate among people who aren't economic conservatives. But liberals have been very good at using the adverse consequences of government and non-market-oriented aspects of the existing healthcare system to justify additional government-heavy and non-market-oriented reforms. Conservatives have been much less effective at pointing out that the free market plays a small role in our country's healthcare, and an even smaller one in the aspects that trouble so many Americans.