Regarding: "Where were the Catholic bishops?"
- The bishops, if they were doing anything at all that was helpful, it was to teach their followers, and other men and women of good will what it means to care for one and another and ask how that applies to healthcare.
- Always it is a mistake for catholics to look to the bishops as if they were a lobbying group that could be aimed and fired at a problem. A collective of bishops as a lobbying group does not benefit the church.
- Governing for the good in the US is best influenced by men and women of good will behaving as informed citizens who talk to their elected representatives.
- Thanks to the USCCB presidencies of Archbs Francis (Chicago) & Timothy (NYC) citizens know the hard limits of USCCB as a lobbying group and of the poor collective quality of its secular leadership of catholics.
-  Lay catholics must expect each bishop to attend to the requirements of his episcopal offices, while upbuilding  God's kingdom in secular society.