Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Nearly a year ago last September, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy unburdened himself to Vox reporter Jeff Stein. Vox Media is a reliably progressive site launched in 2014 by founders Ezra Klein, Melissa Bell, and Matthew Yglesias. Stein titled his 2017 piece “ Sen. Murphy thinks he can build an on-ramp to single payer health care ’ and provided a helpful single line summary: “The Connecticut Democrat will advance a plan he argues ‘may be the fastest way to a single-payer system.’”