The House of Representatives did it!!! They passed their version of health care reform last night, 220 - 215. They even got one Republican vote, from Joseph Cao (R-New Orleans) so they can call it a bipartisan bill, which I really don't care about except that it pissed off Eric Cantor, which only adds to my glee.
The House bill has some really, really good things in it. I will detail them later.
For now, if you have been listening to the scary voices telling you the Big Bad Government is going to take over your health care, I just have one thing to say:
Don't be afraid.
The bill that just passed the House will make things better. Even for you.
For the Democrats who decided to vote "no" on this bill, I have another thing to say:
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Here are their names:
Adler
Altmire
Baird
Barrow
Boccieri
Boren
Boucher
Boyd
Bright
Chandler
Childers
Artur Davis
Lincoln Davis
Chet Edwards
Gordon
Griffith
Herseth-sandlin
Holden
Kissell
Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Betsy Markey
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McIntyre
McMahon
Melancon
Minnick
Scott Murphy
Nye
Peterson
Ross
Shuler
Skelton
Tanner
Taylor
Teague
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