Thanks Pete. So much for my reference to the inability of most folk to qualify for the public plan being the "only" key flaw of the legislation.

Too much Baclofen, forgot about that one. Although I wonder how a cut in Medicare can in the end survive the wrath of AARP. But as for cutting Medicaid, that's just shameless.

Somebody correct me on this, but it seems like it's been a very long time since the powers at be in the U.S. were publically committed to aiding the poor, especially as a matter of real priority. How have we become so debased as a people?

Mike