Yesterday was a big day on Capitol Hill. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, will be remembered by historians as the day of the bipartisan White House health-care reform summit. Unfortunately, this day probably won't be remembered for positive reasons. The main problem is that the summit wasn't all that bipartisan. Senate Republicans remain recalcitrant in regards to backing the president's ideas about this pressing issue. At one point, Obama's former campaign rival, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), viciously attacked the president, who graciously and courageously responded: "The election's over."
MY CHARACTERISTICALLY SASSY REBUTTAL: The president is absolutely right-- the election is over. We need to focus on what's best for the nation as a whole, not our personal likes and dislikes. More importantly, we need to forget the past and deal with what's happening now, which is countless fundamentally good, hard-working Americans without access to affordable, decent health care. We must take care of our own (novel concept, huh?) and quit deriding progress as some kind of -ism. And, speaking of elections, there's a mid-term one coming up in November of this year and another big one in 2012. It might behoove Congressional Repubs to meet the prez half-way on a few things if they want to keep their seats. Even though we all have differences of opinion on how we should receive health care, the majority of us agree that we need it. Therefore, legislators who support some sort or degree of government-funded health-care legislation are the ones who will be elected or re-elected. It's that simple, folks. (Note: This is definitely not my final word on this topic. There's plenty more where that came from. Stay tuned!) Personally, I think those Repubs need to grow up and get over themselves. Just sayin'!
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