“Sometimes people say, you know, you’re 78, all that stuff, and you’ve been doing this for a long time — But should I be quitting now? When you look out and you talk to these beautiful, beautiful young people who want to move this country forward in such a decent, humane way, it really does inspire me. And to the degree that I have gotten those folks involved in the political process, yeah, I am very proud of that. I don’t know that I’ve ever done anything in my life more important than that.”
People love to jump to one end or the other in explaining bernies mindset, but my own opinion has always been that he never thought he’d really be able to get M4A, even if he became president. The goal was always to get a conversation going. Like, obviously he wouldn’t prevent it from happening, but without mainstream support by the establishment, it wasn’t going to happen and he’s always just been one guy. That’s why he pushed so hard for his legacy to be all about “not me, us.”
Certainly was the goal in 2016. He didn't even start running a real campaign until he got an unexpectedly large, positive response.
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