Beyond doubt the health care reform bill passed by the Senate and now awaiting ratification in the House is imperfect. Many of us--me included--favor a Medicare-for-all, single-payer solution, but it is apparent that such sweeping reform is, for the moment at least, out of reach. Even a public option in the current market-based approach is apparently a bridge too far. I'm not happy about it, but I can accept it as the hand we've been dealt. What I can't accept is Democratic Congresspeople who can't find the wherewithal to vote even this limited reform through.
Whether or not reform passes (again) in the House, keep a close eye on how your Representative votes. If he/she is a Democrat and cannot muster the party loyalty to pass it, he doesn't deserve his seat and should be challenged in this year's primary. And if, heaven forbid, it doesn't even come to a vote, then we Dems must do a detailed postmortem and vigorously punish those responsible.
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