Doug...(if you are still following this)..Where did *I* claim that *I* find "good things in this bill"? I said that SOME folks say so. I suppose that if one woman in Walla Walla gets some help, that would be 'good'....but you and other conservatives are nitpicking at stuff taken out of context and ignoring the major points.
   
"·..try to come up with a bi-partisan bill that would not be so costly."
Doug...you still do not get it! Many Republicans are on record as saying that the point is to **NOT** pass any bill under a Democratic administration! Read what Jim DeMint has said...or Eric Cantor! This is no longer about health care for them....it is about Obama failing!
   The Republicans intend to make any GOOD bill impossible to pass, and to point at any BAD bill that does pass and say "Look at this ineffectual thing".
bearded bruce is already deep into the formula of asserting that the Democrats are offering us a bad bill and pretending not to hear how it is the **Republicans** and a few conservative Democrats who have watered it down using vague promises and legislative tricks...then backing out of any form of support.
Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman will NEVER find any language they can agree to! They could be invited to write the language themselves, and would then vote against their own amendments!

What I can't figure out is whether you, Doug, and BB, are just confused, or are lying to and convincing yourselves before you come in here and post distorted and false versions of the truth!

(You say I'm testy? Yup...shore am!)