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Oh, sure – I just suspect that project has been in death-march mode for the last few years. I'd be shocked if the initial launch & stability rush wasn't immediately followed by “now that that's done, we have this backlog of postponed requirements…”

Would it excuse it if it were, say, not HealthCare.gov but rather some private company's website?

(probably not)

I don't see anyone excusing it – only discounting the supposition that it was intentional.

The only reason this is particularly newsworthy is that it's a .gov service connected to a contentious political issue – I mean, my health insurance company uses the same DoubleClick tracking service and I doubt I could even get a reporter to call me back if I tried to peddle some conspiracy theory about it.

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