And because he was such an enthusiastic cheerleader for Obamacare. At least initially, Kentucky's exchange program was one of the more successful ones in the nation. I think it later fizzled.
I have been to that diner before but not in years. It's a little hole in the wall place downtown right across from the old courthouse. It was a lawyer hangout for decades but it was on its last legs when I started practicing in 1994. Only the real old timers still went there (by way of explanation, the place has since changed owners and names several times the past 20 years).