By GottaLaff
Single payer is the only way to get proper health care, but there are some things in bill that are good.
We're working with the White House and the leadership to make the bill significantly better, to try to control costs which are danger to individuals and businesses, as well as the government.
You have 60 in the Democratic caucus, and many have never been serious about strong health care reform. So we had 51 to do something less broad, but significant. We look foolish in front of American people. We don't have 60 votes for strong health care.
Re: reconciliation: I can live with that option. Whether it's feasible is another question, many committee chairmen aren't for it.
Re: Howard Dean: A lot of his criticism constructive, he made good points. But I have to deal with the reality, being a Congress member, what it means politically to this country: When will the opportunity come up again for 30 million people, preexisting conditions, etc? It's not a good bill, but we'll try to make it as good as we possibly can.
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