All along, the argument over abortion coverage has missed the mark, in my view. It has been all about how abortion is paid for, when what most people would like to see are fewer abortions. No one has addressed the question of whether reforming the health care system would make a difference in the number [...]
There’s been a resounding silence over at the Commentary blog about the Centcom report, approved by David Petraeus, that identifies Israeli intransigence as a problem for the U.S. military in the region. Now, finally, we have Max Boot offering a post entitled, A Lie: David Petraeus, Anti-Israel. Which is, in itself, a lie: Nobody said [...]
The Washington Post has built a nifty, late-breaking, health care vote-tracking site for the House, with value-added campaign finance data. Like watching the NCAA Tournament, except not at all.
My story in the next newsstand issue of TIME–subscribe here–is about Obama’s pollster, Joel Benenson, who bet change would beat experience in 2008, and now believes that health care reform is a 2010 win for Democrats. Read it here.
And Kate, don’t forget that really successful trip he took to Copenhagen in order to win the U.S. Olympics for Chicago.
Text is here. No, I haven’t read it yet. (The English-language version is the committee report, also linked above.)
Politico’s Ben Smith has a smart take on President Obama’s decision to delay his trip abroad. (Obama was scheduled to leave the country on Sunday, the day House Democratic leaders are hoping to hold their vote on health care.) The decision to cancel his trip may look like a sign of urgency but it’s also, [...]
House Democratic leaders just did something very smart. In announcing the House reconciliation package and the CBO evaluation of it, the leaders had non-politicians talk about what the legislation would mean to them specifically. A retired school teacher from Washington, DC talked about using her grocery and utility bill money to pay for her prescription [...]
I’m still going through the CBO document, but one thing that jumps out: It would shift another 1 million people out of the exchanges and into Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.* The Governors are not going to be happy. Here is an earlier look I took at this issue. Also, Kate and [...]
I can’t embed the C-Span video of Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen giving a touching one minute tribute on the House floor to Alex Chilton, “an embodiment of Memphis music, hard, different, independent, brilliant, beautiful,” who died Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 59. But click this link to watch it. Then take [...]
