They're Speaking Our Language

If Democrats have learned anything over the last eight years, we have learned that once we use their language, they have won the debate. Well, Republicans are now using our language. This week, the Bush Administration used the words "universal health care," and for the first time in my memory, no expletive followed. Here's the quote from TPM Cafe:

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said President Bush wants to achieve universal health care before he leaves office.
Leavitt told the USA TODAY editorial board that Bush will veto a Democratic plan emerging from Congress that would add $35 billion in taxpayer subsidies to the Children's Health Insurance Program over five years. In doing so, Leavitt said, Bush will urge Congress to join him in seeking coverage for all Americans.
"He'd like to see the larger debate begin," Leavitt said. "The very best opportunity we have may well be in the next 15 months."

I'd say that this idea is now officially mainstream.