Well, BB, if the new bill will cost more than 17% of GNP (which the budget office says it won't) it would at least cover a helluva lot more people than the present non-system, which woulsd likely exceed 17 also.

It's a bad bill, but it's a lot better than we have now. A good bill would be a political impossibility as long as the filibuster threat requires a 60% vote to accomplish anything