The fundamental issue I’m having with all this is that nobody is really arguing that the heath care system in this country doesn’t need some sort of serious repairing, especially in terms of its bizarre and relentless cost escalations; and Obama has a plan that’s at least a first step in fixing it; but the discussion so far regarding it has been dominated by malicious, dumbass charges and rumors. If the right had an ounce of integrity, it would focus on what the bill actually proposes and then do some honest checking to see it makes sense, and if not, then how could it be improved, and maybe even adding something like tort reform, while *likely* not too effective, still has a chance of turning out to be a good idea.
Instead, though, we only have a bunch of PITA babies knocking their food and drink off the table and going “No!!!”
