"...Take a painkiller."

[TwinTownBisonFan]

There was close to a whole a year of debate on the health care bill.

It includes a whole host of ideas originally suggested or written into bills sponsored by Republicans.

THen why was it passed in the middle of the night with noone having the ability (or desire) to read it?

they had a full year to read the f'ing bill - they had time - they either 1) weren't capable of doing the reading or 2) were being intellectually dishonest (not that the conks would EVER do that)

passed in the middle of the night my ass - the final version of the bill passed at 11pm eastern time.

in fact, if memory serves - every major action on the floor with regard to the bill was acted on during (or very near) regular business hours

it's not like the CAFTA vote - where Denny Hastert left the vote open for hours while their ol' boys went to work on Mike Fitzpatrick and whipped him in to changing his vote well after midnight.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Or perhaps the Repubs should just be like the dems, and cram shit down their throats without the slightest bit of debate or compromise, because we can?

Oh, wait. That's what's happening in AZ. How do you like it, Jon?

There was plenty of debate on Health Care Reform. The final bill was watered down from what Progressives wanted.

Unlike Arizona, where there are few moderate Republicans, there are many, many moderate to conservative Democrats.

exactly - we frankly allowed too much debate - too many amendments...