"...or don't bother"

Sorry, that's not an option.   "Don't bother" appears to mean "Don't push the current Senate bill through"--which is the only chance now to get a bill.

As I said, this declares to the electorate:   "With majorities in the House and Senate and a Democratic president for whom this is a top priority, we are so hopelessly incompetent at governing that we can't get a health care bill through."

"By the way, please re-elect us."


Much as it pains me to agree with Greg F on anything, the idea of voting for Brown as a protest vote against a health care bill which doesn't go far enough is plain stupid.

So you who espouse the "protest against a weak bill" theory are saying that people in Massachusetts who voted for Brown in this protest meant to vote for somebody who guaranteed that there would be no health care bill rather than a flawed bill?

They would vote for an arsonist rather than an imperfect fireman?

This says bad things about Massachusetts liberals:   i.e. that they are complete idiots and possibly unstable-- disciples of the "burn the village down to save it" school.

I would hope you would not rate the liberals in Massachusetts as quite such perfect fools.

I would certainly hope they are not.