Elf Sternberg

The GOP will get their chance when they regain control of Congress at the end of this year, as seems likely. We'll see then if they were serious about their HCR ideas like tort reform and purchasing insurance across state lines which were blocked from consideration in this round. Ideally out of the ugliness of the political process we'll reach a point where both sides will have had their chance at HRC, and the ideas that work will outlast the ones that don't.

The Democrats can take pride in having passed the initial HRC bill, even with its imperfections. Tom Delay's GOP Congress ignored the problem for their entire tenure.