This confirms what I have always believed. Effective health care is a partnership, in which both patients and physicians have a stake in trusting each other. A key part of that trust is effective communications.

There’s certainly a lot more to what the Supreme Court does than abortion rights. If we focus too much on abortion, we’re missing questions about, say, executive authority over the war on terror. We’re missing...

Physicians are interested in providing good patient care. Patients are interested in receiving the best care available. The best way to get there is for us to trust each other.

I think he’s come through in as good shape as the Republicans could have hoped.