Doug, it is not unusual for the party in power to lose seats at mid term elections. That is a fact. That seat did not belong to Ted Kennedy. He is all done with it and it still belongs to the people of Mass. Ms Coakley is not Ted Kennedy!

As far as what I said about the government being responsible for our "General welfare" that is a s plain as it can be. What is the difference between a foreign invader and a disease? Who do you think is responsible for the untimely deaths of thousands of uninsured people, including INNOCENT CHILDREN?

I still say the republican motto should be "I'm aboard, pull up the ladder." Or, "Hooray for me and fuck the rest of you."

By the way, Doug is not crazy; that is uncalled for. He is just wrong headed, a dinosaur stumbling around looking for the tar pits.
National health care will happen in time because the common people will wake up to what the insurance companies and the medical profession is doing to us.

I say expand Medicare and cover everyone. Put the fat cats out of business. If that sounds like I'm in favor of socialized medicine, it should.