"YOU CAN'T BLAME THE REPUBLICANS for what the Democrats have done."
"THEY do not have the power to stop the Dems- SO IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT IF THE DEM BILL is a piece of crap!!!!"

Now THAT is the piece of crap!

The bill, as written, is chock-full of Republican & conservative Democrat 'input', in the form of concessions, in order to get ANYTHING.

If the bill is passed in this form, it will be a huge victory for Insurance Company lobbying, and they will end up making even MORE dirty dollars thru higher costs.

("So, Bill...if they will be better off, why fight it and vote against it?"
Why, because they don't want even a precedent of Democrats being ABLE to pass a bill! They want to paint the Obama administration as 'unable to come up with anything' and hope to win power back! They are quite happy with the status quo, which has very little government control, whereas the new law, if it were passed, would be a toe-hold and could be used to add more controls later.

The idea that Republican do not have the power to stop anything is sheer nonsense in a 60 vote situation!

Now.... I absolutely HOPE that the Democrats will say, "Ok,,, we tried to do something meaningful within standard procedures, and you harpooned every attempt....now we use reconciliation, and ...you reap what you sow"!