TW: The blogosphere was sizzling yesterday with reaction to the Max Baucus shepherded bill that came out of his Senate committee. For those actually interested in what the bill contains go to this synopsis from Time. It is detailed without getting lost in the minutiae. Fundamentally it is incremental not revolutionary. But rather than letting the pundits drive your views spend some time learning about it.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1924252,00.html
TW: Too much of the reax was process BS about the politics as opposed to the substance of the bill, this from Chuck Todd sums things up well...
From NBC:
"...But what does it say about today’s Republican Party when Baucus’ bill seeks the middle ground, lowers the price tag, doesn’t contain the so-called public option, and actually lowers health costs -- and yet not a single Republican, even Snowe, will embrace it? Indeed, the middle may very well be the loneliest place to be in America these days. In our politics, almost everyone seems to be on one side or another, with very few (Snowe, Collins, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, etc.) in between. The same seems true of our society, where everyone is looking out for his or her own self-interest, rather than the greater good. Baucus’ biggest problem may have been seeking the middle ground in a country where the middle is seemingly lost."
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