@TruthSandwich OK.

Regarding the point that the GOP would aim to break it so we shouldn't have it at all, the same can be said of other programs like the post office, public education, EPA, FAA, CDC, FDA, etc, and most relevantly, the same can be said about a public option. There might be other reasons against a policy, but it seems like hamstringing ourselves to pre-emptively avoid building things the other side can break.

I'd say instead as a political guiding principle: We should build things the overwhelming majority will want to protect.