From the page: "Public support for Obamacare is the real issue here, not because of principle but because of that Ol' Debbil Politics. If the Democrats firmly believed government-run health care is good for America, they could pass it in a week or two. They have enough raw political power to push through their preferred bills without any help from the Republican Party. The minority doesn't really have any tricks up its sleeve to stop that from happening and everyone knows it. However, if they do pass it using nothing but raw political power, the bill belongs to them, and only to them and with the 2010 midterm election about a year away, they don't want that millstone hanging around just their necks. They needs a couple Republicans to come on board so they can claim bipartisan approval of their totalitarian monstrosity and inure themselves somewhat from the anger of the electorate. That's why the longer Obamacare gets kicked around, the less likely it is we'll ever see it pass. " - Duane Lester