This bill is the START... If we pass something, even if it's flawed, we have something to work with. The Republicans WANT to see it fail...just so they can SAY "you failed". They say "start over", and if we did, they'd have even cleverer objections and drag it out another year, so they could say "you failed twice".
   FACE IT... the Republican strategy IS based, at bottom, on the vested interests of big business and insurance companies who want to continue screwing the public in any way THEY choose. They want to sell less insurance to those who might actually need it, or make them pay more than it's worth.

Right now, just showing that we can do ANYTHING they don't like is crucial.