The moral of this story is: Never feed red meat to zealots. The moment you stop feeding them, they chew your arm off.
Bart Stupak, the Michigan representative, fought for—and won—tough language to restrict abortion in the health care reform act. Suddenly (yesterday), he announced that he’ll retire. One reason he’s leaving office is that his [...]
It’s a historic day for health care in America. The House will pass the Senate bill and the President will sign. The reconciliation effort–odds and ends of the House and Senate compromise–still has to run some roadblocks in the Senate, but soon we’ll have a national program for covering the uninsured. The major provisions don’t [...]
A compelling table here on how much money the Senate health-care bill will save ordinary families, in insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Progressives who say that the current bill is worse than nothing haven’t looked at the huge step forward represented by reform. There was never going to be a perfect bill. I complain, too, [...]
