You also can’t implement anything better if you only hold one house, no matter how courageous you are.
(1) People like the ACA. (They do!)
Clap harder for that typical One-Third-Way policy (originally called Romneycare). People like it only in the sense that they like a dirty-water hot dog more than they like starving.
Polls repeatedly show that the majority of voters support ACA, so it is a political winner. I personally prefer NHS – I lived under it for years – but most Americans don’t parse things at that level, and don’t see a difference. Candidates can support whatever they support, but Biden’s campaign strategy here doesn’t seem misguided to me. However, perhaps the primaries will prove him wrong.
