IT'S A STINKING PILE OF ROTTEN SAUSAGE; Pass it Anyway

Scrapping the present HCR bill does not mean that we will get a better bill. It means that we get no bill at all. The bad actors in this ugly little year-long drama are those of both parties who diluted or otherwise perverted the legislation to suit their parochial interests and their corporate sponsors in the healthcare industry. Worst of all are the solid phalanx of Republicans who, while pretending to be interested in negotiating, were determined to break the president by handing him a major legislative defeat.

Until our leaders spend the majority of their time and energy on governance instead of fundraising and posturing for the next election, the little bit of progress we manage to eke out will be flawed and very incremental. We need deep, systemic transformation of our election process before we can hope for the rest of the reform we desperately need. I am hopeful that the Coffee Party movement can move the national conversation in that direction.