Ya' know what, Sawz... The number of pages is not all that significant... I mean, this was going to be a big bill so no matter how it was written, Repub contributions or not, it was going to be a big bill...

So the number of pages is a non-issue... Eric Cantor just played politics with it... Bottom line, the Repub made a decision early to take advantage of Obamas's promise to change the tone and usede that against him... It wouldn't have made any difference if the bill had 10 pages, 50,000 pages, or a million... The Repubs made a calculated decision to play "sandbag" and they played it perfectly... It's kinda like when Joe Gibbs introduced the counter-trey with the offensive tackle and guard pulling to the opposite side... It was less than a year and everyone was doing it... The blueprint on how a minority gums up an allready messed up legislative system is firmly in place and it ain't rocket surgery... Like I said, the Dems can do exactly what the Repub have done and gum up anything, including repeal of the health care reform bill, just as the Repubs have done...

The problem, as I see it, is that the Repubs will soon need Dems if they are going to convince anyone that they now have any ability to "govern"... I mean, it's one thing to gum up the works but quite another to demonstrate that one can actaully govern... So after the Repubs have taken the House they are going to be on the hot seat... It ain't gonna help them win over enough Dems to get something done (anything done to show they can govern) if they are going to try to repeal the Dems crowning achievment...

Gonna be interesting and one heck of a lot more fun being a Dem in the House...

B~