health care

The only political news item these days seems to be the health care debate. Pundits like to focus on sensational things, like gun-wielding protesters at town hall meetings or death panels. But it seems to me that in the end some reform bill will ultimately pass, probably not exactly as Obama would have wanted it (the public option is likely to go), but with some substantial changes that increase coverage and lower costs. Obama gets criticized a lot for not sticking his neck out more and delivering a detailed bill to the Congress, but it seems to me wise on an issue of this importance to allow a vigorous national debate so that ideas can get hashed out. That's democracy at its best. Maybe ugly sometimes, but at least out in the open for scrutiny.