Health Care May Not Be Dead

These posters say so much about the current state of what passes for health care in this country.

I am outraged that America seems to have bought the Republican's lies about any and all attempts to reign in costs, provide access and coverage. Lately I have been thinking we'll be lucky to pass anything of substance.

However, Chris Bower's report today at Open Left gives me some hope. Volunteers for their "group journalism event" are making calls and now have on the record commitments from 21 Senators to use reconciliation to get a health care bill passed, and 9 Senators "have signed onto the Bennet letter to include a public option in health care reform."

We need to get this done, and the Repugs have made it clear they're not going to support any bill no matter how good it is for the people they claim to represent. If this thing actually gets to a vote, they may decide they do not want to be on the record for being on the wrong side of history. But more and more I am convinced they simply do not give a shit about anything other than bringing down the Democrats. That the American people fail to see that these guys are a bunch of self-serving SOB's doesn't bode well for our future. For the moment, however, I need to hold onto some sort of hope, and this is it.