Bill Clinton has done it again -- or has he?

Barely a month has gone by this election cycle without the former president and so-called "Explainer-in-Chief" running his mouth and causing a headache for his wife's presidential campaign.

He's lashed out at Black Lives Matter protesters, bashed Bernie Sanders supporters, and generally made a nuisance of himself by saying the wrong thing about the wrong policy at the wrong place and time.

The latest incident occurred on Monday at a rally in Michigan.

During a discussion about healthcare reform, Bill appeared to call Obamacare "the craziest thing in the world."

Obviously, those comments sounded really, really bad, which is why Republicans have jumped on them to make the case for repealing Obamacare altogether and replacing it with whatever joke of a Heritage Foundation white paper they're passing off as healthcare reform now.

But here's the thing: as poorly worded as his remarks were, Clinton wasn't really bashing Obamacare as much as he was pointing out that it has some flaws that need to change.

That's abundantly clear if you watch the full clip of what he said

In other words, Obamacare works well for a lot of people but will never totally fix the problem.

And why is that?

Easy -- it's because Obamacare, for all the good things it does, like do away with discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions, still keeps in place the for-profit health insurance system.

So in a way, Bill Clinton is right about Obamacare being crazy, just not in the way Republicans are saying.

He's right about Obamacare being crazy because the for-profit health insurance it relies upon (and arguably entrenches) is itself crazy.

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-Thom

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "The Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine vice-presidential debate transcript, annotated" by Aaron Blake.

Article: "Woman Goes to Hospital for Miscarriage, Ends Up Sentenced to Jail for 20 Years" by Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh.

Article: "Judge says Purvi Patel should be freed immediately after feticide conviction overturned" by AP.

Quote: "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes" - Leona Helmsley.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "VP debate: Tim Kaine calls Donald Trump 'maniac' who could cause nuclear war in tense showdown with Mike Pence" by David Lawler.

Twitter: "#periodsforpence".

Article: "Kaine's perfect question to Pence on abortion: 'Why don't you trust women to make this choice?'" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "CNN hosts incessantly grill Eric Trump over Donald Trump's tax returns" by Maxwell Tani.

Quote: "I will put Medicare and Social Security in a lockbox and protect them" - Al Gore, 2000.

Article: "VP debate: 11 awkward one-liners, attempted zingers and missed jabs" by Gregory Krieg and Daniella Diaz.

Special Report: the newest UN Secretary General
- Luke Vargas

Article: "UN Security Council backs Antonio Guterres for Secretary-General" by Luke Vargas.

Video: Kaine: Do you want a 'you're hired' or 'you're fired' president?.

Site: Small Business Administration (SBA).

Article: "Pence edges Kaine in VP debate instant poll" by Jennifer Agiesta.

Election 2016
- Randi Weingarten, President-American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Article: "Kaine lost the night but won the morning" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Mike Pence repeatedly denied Donald Trump statements during vice presidential debate" by Chris Sommerfeldt.

Tweet: "Kaine hung Trump around Pence's neck & fought for his ticket. Pence was running for Prez 2020." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Household incomes rose in 2015 for first time in eight years, US Census says" by Jana Kasperkevic.

Video: Al Franken Reveals The 3 REAL Reasons Donald Trump Got Into Politics.

Article: "NRA: 'The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun'" by Wayne LaPierre.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "Yahoo 'secretly scanned emails for US authorities'" by BBC.

Article: "White House Spokesman Defends FISA When Asked About Yahoo" by Amir Nasr.

Article: "Tiny machines win chemistry Nobel prize" by BBC.

Article: "Tax havens hold $2.5 trillion in corporate profits, FTC wins $1.3 billion judgment" by Edward Zuckerman.

Article: "Trump as ‘Role Model’? Kelly Ayotte Says She Misspoke" by Niraj Chokshi.

Article: "Trump Overtakes Clinton: Heck holds onto narrow lead in Senate race" by Monmouth University Poll.

Article: "Hillary Clinton, Deborah Ross take tiny NC leads in polling average" by Colin Campbell.

Article: "Katie McGinty expands lead against Pat Toomey in latest F&M poll" by Wallace McKelvey.

Article: "Q poll: Pat Toomey leads Katie McGinty by 8 in Pa. Senate race" by Jonathan Tamari.

Article: "President Obama: Hurricane Matthew could have a ‘devastating effect’" by AP.

Article: "All Central Florida public schools, colleges closed Thursday, Friday" by Orlando Sentinel.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Article: "Quick Morning News - Veep Debate: Slug fest or snoozer? - October 4, 2016" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Trump's "Woman Problem"
- Republican Strategist Gayle Trotter

Article: "Donald Trump plays his “woman card”: Ivanka’s misdirection can’t cover up a campaign built on misogyny" by Carrie Sheffield.

Article: "Trump’s Woman Problem" by Alicia Shepard.

Article: "Donald Trump ‘demeaned female participants on The Apprentice with sexist language and comments’" by Andrew Buncombe.

Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Article: "Obama and DiCaprio talk climate change on the White House lawn" by TMN.

Article: "Media Denial of Climate Change Thuggery" by Gayle Trotter.

Article: "Top Nazi leader: Trump will be a 'real opportunity' for white nationalists" by Peter Holley.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump, Jr. makes curious campaign detour" by Rachel Maddow.

VP Debate
- Congressman G.K. Butterfield Jr. (D-NC, 1st District)/Congressional Black Caucus

Article: "Institutional Bias" by Oxford Reference.

Article: "Shutdown averted: Congress clears stopgap spending bill, $1.1B to fight Zika" by Andrew Taylor.

Article: "Congress departs for recess until after Election Day" by Cristina Marcos.

Article: "Trump Reportedly Tried to Convince Kasich to Be His VP by Offering Him the President’s Job" by Josh Voorhees.

Article: "The media is shredding Pence's debate lies today." by BobbyDrake.

Article: "Every Time Mike Pence Lied About Trump at the VP Debate" by Tessa Stuart.

Book: Neurosculpting: A Whole-Brain Approach to Heal Trauma, Rewrite Limiting Beliefs, and Find Wholeness by Lisa Wimberger.

Article: "RNC Proclaims Mike Pence The Winner More Than An Hour Before The Debate" by Igor Bobic.

Article: "Confirmation bias" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Size matters: Is the U.S. Navy really too small?" by Zachary Cohen.

Article: "The Peter G. Peterson Foundation" by Wikipedia.

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