November 20, 2009 - 10:54 am

New Deal, Fair Deal, now the "Good Deal"? A multi-trillion dollar health care bill?

In The Hill, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is quoted saying, "We had the New Deal, we had the Fair Deal and this is a good deal for the American people."

Oh really? Rushing a vote on a 2,000+ page, complex, permanent entitlement that the Dean of the Harvard Medical School warns will rapidly escalate costs and reduce medical innovation is a "good deal" for the American people?

And why did Senator Coburn abandon his his delaying tactic of demanding bill readings? Coburn is top notch, but I'd prefer opponents use every arrow in their quill to stop this thing.

On a related note, Jesse Jackson claims you can't vote against this thing and remain a black man. So I guess that means the opposition is forced to take Sammy Sosa's skin rejuvenation product. Yet another mandate I didn't want!