Considering all the rhetoric on both sides, you would think that the health care reform bill was something more than a band aid on the lacerated jugular that is our health system. Yet even this has caused a quasar in a teapot. That reflects more on our current state than any actual details of legislation, and should give us all pause.

Update: As usual, John Cole pithily cuts to the chase. Oddly Enough, Not Hanging Effigies Creates Better Outcomes.