The Democratcs Seem to Have Forgotten Their Own Words About Reconciliation

"The president was at it again today, ignoring the will of the people and insisting on shoving his health care plan down the throats of the American public. In his latest plea, President Obama called for an "up or down" vote on his plan, claiming all the best ideas from both sides of the aisle have been incorporated and that the debate is now over.

In reality, the president's plan is essentially the Senate-passed bill with a few minor tweaks to appease House Democrats. Right now the only bipartisan agreement that exists on health care is opposition to the current plan. Someone should tell the president you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

As for an "up or down vote" -- well, that's just a cynical euphemism that the president is using to describe a parliamentary trick known as reconciliation that numerous Democratic senators (including then-Senator Obama) denounced only a few years ago as an "arrogant power grab against the Founders' intent."

(Copied with permission from "Patients First" Click title above for web site.)

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