I've pushed back hard, as it has been earned, against the more wretched excess I've seen here as well as elsewhere this year, especially these days with health care “reform” and attempted federal takeover; it would be a mistake to leap to mischaracterization as a result of this (or to mistake the cause and effect relationship, no matter how much choice is also involved).

Damned if we don't agree again. I promise not to make a habit of it. And, you did it without putting anyone down with gratuitous carping about libs, demmies or anything. Way to go.

As for Rahm's comment, sometimes the “art of the possible” results in policy that isn't worth doing.

“As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama’s promise to slow the runaway rise in health care spending.”