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Unfortunately, the Dems have nobody to blame but themselves for this. The sausage-making spectacle of the 2000 page health reform bill died under its own weight, not to mention the unsightly horse-trading with Nelson, Landrieu, et al. As hosed as the American health care delivery system is, it's not clear to me that the Dem's plan even addressed the core issue of cost control. If they had put forth a clear, rational plan that fully addressed the critical issues and did the requisite job of fostering widespread public support for it, it would have been accomplished months ago. I think the fact that the GOP offered no viable alternative was truly pathetic, but the Dem's didn't do themselves any favors with their incompetent handling of the issue.