Update: And he won’t. He’s voting “yes.”
U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez may think he’s doing the right thing by revoking his support for health care reform because it excludes undocumented immigrants. He’s wrong. Not just politically, but morally.
The choice available to him is not between helping 30 million or 40 million people. It’s between helping 30 million people or no one at all.
A politician who refuses to seek the greater good is like a doctor who strives to do no harm by refusing to treat the sickest patients.