Nort,

Politics is a messy business, especially in a democracy. Nothing comes easy! What you end up with is never what you started with. But you have to respect the process. I would like to think that a genuine process of health care reform has begun and there will be no turning back! I believe there is a zeitgeist, a popular will behind health care reform, and that we are at a tipping point. The present crisis we face is one of imagination and communication. The changes this country faces are enormous, hard for us to imagine, that is the reason why we resist it in spite of all the talk for change. However, the financial debacle has softened us up and there may now be no turning back! Some states have already moved ahead with health care reform. If successful they will be leaders and others will follow. We need a communicator who can empower us. So far such voices have only come from the right. Where is FDR when we need him? Obama are you listening?

Tad