This is in another post, but I felt like this topic deserved its own spot:

From The Hill: Dems at odds on how to turn tide on health. It looks like more than Blue Dogs are getting a bit skittish. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that if consensus can’t be reached, he expects to send legislators home on schedule. Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Tuesday said the House should stay in until it finishes the bill.

They can’t even agree on whether to take a vacation. I suggest a robust debate concerning the vacation!

Nanny State Nancy chimes in saying Congress should work through recess on health bill.

“I think 70 percent of the American people would want that,” Pelosi said. “I want a bill.”

Which would be fine if it were not for those pesky things called polls. Glenn Reynold’s – RASMUSSEN: 53% Now Oppose Congressional Health Care Reform. You don’t say. That math sure must be challenging Nancy. Kind of like “save or create jobs”, or “deficit neutral” – it just doesn’t add up. Last time I checked 53% was just a wee bit smaller than 70%.

Here is a doozy for you. Michelle Malkin reports Exposed: A trial lawyers’ pay-off in Obamacare

From the Washington Post: Senate Panel Takes Careful Approach to Crafting Health Bill. The important part is near the bottom in discussing the Senate Finance committee’s approach (emphasis mine):

Finance members said the committee was leaning against requiring employers to provide health coverage, although it would impose a fee on individuals who do not purchase insurance. They also said the panel had rejected the government health plan that Obama wants to create and would instead adopt a cooperative model, similar to rural electricity providers.

Would that it were true. While premature to raise a glass to the end of government takeover of health care, this development looks promising.

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