My take on Charles Krauthammer's latest. His column was published in the Washington Post.
Summary: The Democrats are reversing their previous positions on reconciliation and are going to push the bill through on a straight party-line vote while ducking questions of its cost.
Quote:
Late last year, Democrats were marveling at how close they were to historic health-care reform, noting how much agreement had been achieved among so many factions. The only remaining detail was how to pay for it.
Well, yes. That has generally been the problem with democratic governance: cost. The disagreeable absence of a free lunch.
My Views: It is a shame that they could not do something to pass a common-sense bill than going for the big ideological rush. The basic problem isn't all the complexity; it is the lack of trust, something which Obama first began to loose when he changed his position of campaign finance to grab that big money in the spring primaries of 2008. People have to wade through the conflicting claims of the two parties. They would side with Obama and the Democrats, if only they could trust them more.
Charles Krauthammer is a more establishment columnist. He came to punditry by way of psychiatry (at Massachusetts General Hospital) via the New Republic Magazine. He appears on TV where you never see his wheelchair. Here's his Wiki bio.
He wrote a book which is pictured at the right. I am drawn by the substance and the thinking than any particular writing flair.
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