You ought to serve on the platform you run on.
It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere.
Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles.
There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved.
Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts.
I get paid by the year, and I try to earn my money.