It absolutely has occurred to me -- my argument revolves around the rationality of the issues at hand, not who the issues are coming from. If you think that policies likely to result in a loss of innocent life are always wrong, why support a party that has not only made a habit out of pursuing those policies, but pursues them on larger scales than the party you're so vehemently against?
I don't think the pro-Trumpcare Republican politicians are setting out to kill innocent people; they just consider the risk of killing innocent people to be perfectly acceptable as long as they fulfill their ultimate objectives (courting lobbyists and donors, realizing their privatized health care dreams, scoring political points with the base). And yes, they know exactly what they're doing. When you push forward with a bill after you're told it will strip health care from 22 million people, many of whom can't afford a private replacement, you know full well that thousands of people are likely to die due to their inability to afford treatment. It's simple math. That's not "stumbling about" -- that's knowing, wilful cruelty. At a certain point you just have to accept that yes, sometimes politicians will consciously do reprehensible things in the name of greed.
Say what you will about the pro-choice camp, but at least they're coming from a better place. They care for someone besides themselves. I don't want to cast Republicans as monsters, and I know that there are plenty of reasonable politicians and supporters on that side of the fence (otherwise, the bills wouldn't have failed). But I'm not going to sugarcoat inexcusably vile things to please people who don't like hearing hard truths, especially not when it reflects their hypocrisy. You know the saying: you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
