I want the Republicans to present a plan. Take Paul Ryan's for example. I would like the public to know that Republicans have thought about this. If I were going to elect a Republican in November I would like to see evidence of leadership. Compromising on or reworking an already crappy bill does not lead to a quality bill.

It's to late for the *Democrat Health Care Reform* bills.
They are 'hotter than the sun' to the electorate that is aware of them. Anyone that comes into contact with them will be radioactive as well, meaning any Republican stupid enough to fall for 'The Won's' not so subtle ploy to get bipartisan support.

The Republican's can hear the roar of the coming electorate's tidal wave but they know it would be suicidal to jump into the Democrat's Health Care lifeboat.

I'm hoping the Republicans will tell "O" to take "His" O-care bill and use it for fireplace kindling. Instead of falling into the trap of arguing over health-care, Republicans should instead hold-out for tax cuts across the board. Let the liberals go on record as opposing what the economy needs to turn around. Republicans should not get bogged down fighting for something that is way down the list of what Americans want fixed. "O" is always looking for someone to blame and the Republicans should not give him the ammo to do so. 2010 is not that far away.

It seems to me that healthcare has become some sort of mean-spirited game of sandlot football, where football has become secondary to scoring cheap hits on the opposing team. It's no longer about healthcare. It's about winning a winner-take-all political food fight.

Something the liberals never seem to be willing to consider is that this is simply a horrible bill that does not deserve to survive. Republicans and, more important, the American people see it. The bill in its many forms has lasted this long because of secret negotiations, outright bribery, vindictive abuse of legislative rules, and nasty parliamentary slight of hand. It would be childish if the consequences weren't so enormous.

If the purpose of the Obama administration was to fix healthcare, that is not what everyone is bickering about now. It isn't about whether Obama can claim a Pyrrhic political victory. If Democrats would just zip up their flies and stop screaming for a few minutes, they would realize that major changes don't have to cost a trillion dollars, and nationalization of our healthcare system is completely unnecessary. They would realize that the public hates this legislation and that they lose even if they win. But, no.

Serious tort reform doesn't have to cost the government anything. Neither does an abolition of existing condition rules, nor does permitting the interstate sale of insurance coverage. Nor does simplifying the pricing and approval process for medical procedures or punishing insurance companies who unfairly deny coverage purely for profitability reasons. All of these changes are basically available for free, and given a room full of adults, most people would agree.

Nor does making attempted lobbying on behalf of the insurance industry in Washington a shoot-on-sight capital crime.

But the answer is not more legislative gamesmanship. It's not about who wins the debate. It's time to muck out the stalls and start over.

"....real, concrete, substantive opposition in his life...."

If the GOP had the ability to do that , we wouldn't be where we are now. As Rush refers to it they've been Chickified!

Just say no!

Obama's healthcare bill, like most everything this congress and administration have created, is a shit sandwhich.

If someone made a shit sandwhich for you, would you say, "just remove the shit and put some meat, cheese, lettuce, and mayonaise between those same two slices of bread and then I'll eat it."?