If Obamacare is so wonderful that Senator Ted Kennedy spent the last dozen years of his life working his heart out for it - why did he feel it necessary to leave Massachusetts (which has socialized medicine) and recieve brain surgery in North Carolina?

Reader Joanie G. sent this along:  an actual letter to the editor of the local newspaper in Charlotte, N.C. wondering the same thing:

“With all the publicity about national health care, perhaps a fact has
escaped the general public - that Sen. Ted Kennedy chose to use NC's
Duke University Hospital for his brain surgery.
He represents Massachusetts , which has Socialized health care. His
actions tell us that Socialized Care is not good enough for him. Thanks
Senator for illustrating this."