What“change”did John McCain once called for during the election campaign?

A．Increasing tax．

B．Obliging insurers to offer affordable coverage to all people regardless of pre-existing conditions．

C．Insurance should be bought by individual instead of being provided by employers．

D．To get employers out of health insurance．

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由第六段最后两句“But some kind of increase is inescapa-ble．This one makes more sense than most．(但某种形式的增税是不可避免的。这种形式比其他大多数形式都更有意义。)”可知，第七段作者提到的美国总统应该说的观点和约翰·麦凯恩在竞选时曾经呼吁的改变指的是“增加税收”。选项B只是作者认为解决被迫进入零售市场的高风险员工医疗保险的一个办法。由第七段第五句“For example，it seems that he now prefer an indi-vidual mandate to buy insurance．(比如，他目前似乎更倾向于要求个人购买保险。)”可知，选项C是奥巴马改变立场后的一个观点。由第五段第一句“However，to get employers out of health in-surance should be an aim，not something to be feared．(但是，让雇主脱离医疗保险应该是个目标，而非值得畏惧的事情。)”可知，选项D是作者的一个观点。所以，本题选择A。

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