Andrew Sullivan continues adding to his “Pass. The. Damn. Bill” series, encouraging a majority of House Democrats to embrace the Senate’s version of health-care reform.
I appreciate Andrew’s effort, in particular his link to this persuasive take on the issue by Jonathan Rauch.*
Even then, I think the odds of convincing the swing votes in the House to accept the Senate bill are worse than the odds of the Saints beating the Colts in the Super Bowl.
The root of my skepticim: Fear trumps logic, almost every time. And right now, fear seems, by many accounts, to be the most widely shared emotion among House Democrats.
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* If you’re not familiar with Rauch, pick up a copy of his 1993 classic Kindly Inquisitors, an amazingly effective, libertarian-leaning argument against political correctness.