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Battle Over Public Option Ignores Insurers’ Role In Creating Nation’s Healthcare Crisis

Following up on Jonathan Alter’s brilliant piece on healthcare and the “status quo” I noted here yesterday is another brilliant op/ed on the subject from Michael Hiltzik in the LA Times: “What’s so great about private health insurance?”
[...]the battle is just beginning. After the committee vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the health insurance [...]

Live Blogging Hillary’s Speech

The Clinton campaign told CNN that “6,000 people signed up on the New York senator’s Web site to attend the speech.” Here we go…

I couldn’t get the sound to work on HillaryClinton.com, so I missed the beginning of Hillary’s speech. Watching on C-Span now:
“I ask all of you to join me in working as hard [...]

Washington Post on the Anti-War Protests

So, did you enjoy your time in my backyard? We kept it clean for you all and didn’t even complain about the added traffic here in the 3rd most traffic congested area of the country (behind LA and San Francisco). For once the traffic was for a good cause. Sure there [...]