An Interesting Point.

On a recent post about the public option at TPM, reader CranialRectalLoopback made a comment so interesting I would like to share it here.

Why does the Senate pretend like there aren't TWO FUCKING BILLS coming out of committees?

Why is everyone pretending that FOUR OF FIVE BILLS have the public option?

If we follow the new 75% rule of the Repubes, we have 80% of the proposed bills with A FUCKING PUBLIC OPTION!

As a side note: If the Democrats were ever really serious about passing public health care wouldn't they have named it something sexier than "the public option." A better name is harder to vote against, a bad name is easier to vote against, just ask the Republicans with their "death tax."

On Settlement Issue, Obama Blinks

From NYT:

UNITED NATIONS — President Obama, who has met immovable resistance from Israel over his demand for a full freeze on settlements in the West Bank, is largely setting that issue aside as a first step toward restarting Middle East peace talks.

BOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/grading-the-baucus-health-plan/?hp

Apropos of what the Democrats could acheive if they were a party that means business, I found this to be interesting (Italics mine).

Santorum also elaborated on his opposition to the use of reconciliation to pass health care legislation; the parliamentary procedure was used, with his support, in the Bush years to pass the controversial 2003 tax cuts and a range of other measures, including opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.