According to the NY Times a "new rift" has emerged over Medicare payments to states, complicating the push to lock in the 216 votes needed for passage of health care reform this weekend, this on the heels of a somewhat less anxious article yesterday talking about the House Democratic leadership's discussions about how to triage "no" votes, i.e. which Democratic Congressmen in marginal seats will be granted dispensation to vote against the bill.
I understand that this sort of gamesmanship is part of the deal. Congresspeople each represent a single district, not the nation as a whole and not the Party either. They at least need to appear as if they're doing all they can to get the most for their districts and their states. I get that. I just hope that the undecided Democrats in the House understand that now is their party's shot, their one and only. As I asked my Democratic Representative in an email, if the Democratic Party can't take advantage of holding both the White House and the biggest legislative majority in a generation, what good is it?
Health care reform...just do it.
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