Rich Lowry on Health: Stall Stall Stall

[denem]

An Ideologue in a Hurry
When the work product is indefensible, deliberation is dangerous.

When Barack Obama pilfered Martin Luther King Jr.’s line about the “fierce urgency of now,” he wasn’t kidding. The line has come to define his presidency. His legislative strategy moves in two gears — heedlessly fast and recklessly faster.

As with the stimulus package, Obama’s health-care plan depends on speed. More important than any given provision, more important than any principle, more important than sound legislating is the urgent imperative to Do It Now.

Do it now, before anyone can grasp what exactly it is that Congress is passing. Do it now, before the overpromising and the dishonest justifications can be exposed. Do it now, before Obama’s poll numbers return to Earth and make it impossible to slam through ramshackle government programs concocted on the run. Do it now, because simply growing government is more important than the practicalities of any new program...

But the longer Obama’s health-care program marinates in the sun, the worse it smells. Obama’s signature line that anyone who likes his current coverage gets to keep it has been shown to be untrue in recent weeks. His rationale of passing a $1 trillion program to reduce costs is undermined every time the Congressional Budget Office analyzes a real Democratic proposal. No wonder Obama wants to close down the debate before his rating on health care — down to 49 percent in the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll — drops any farther.

You can read more incoming talking points at the link. Starting with the bald lie, 'Obama is a Ideologue' is very Rich indeed.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTMyM2FmYmIzNGYwNzg3NmU0MjM0ZTI0YzFiNjI2Zjk=

[MarjorieG]

1. Gee, the stimulus needed to be fast. I think that Congress doesn't have what we need but hope that

Fall reconciliation corrects that. How often does media comment this closely and negatively this soon, when the process is always vague, loose at this stage, to get out of committee.

[leftofthedial]

2. The Senate "democrats" are on board with the stall.

[discocrisco01]

3. Why Do We Need to Agree

We do not agree with them. All they want to do is to make money for their greedy friends. So hell to them.