Sam Edelstein

Yesterday, Sen. Max Baucus said the public option offered a great opportunity to "hold insurance companies' feet to the fire". Then he voted against two amendments that included the public option. Doesn't make much sense, does it? Well it seems in the political world it does. Apparently, because Sen. Baucus doesn't believe the Senate has 60 votes to pass a health care reform bill, he is not supporting the bill either.

It seems that despite the Democrats large majority and control in both houses of Congress and the White House have not given them the courage to push for the reforms they were voted in to create. What's worse, is that instead of passing real reform, or even doing nothing, they seem to be allowing and backing many of the issues that the Republicans are bringing to the table. This comes even when the Republicans have made it abundantly clear that they have no interest in working with the Democrats