"You who were once a proud and admirable party..."

Can we have a real debate about this, or is shouting the only way we can communicate about our feelings on the issue?

The insurance companies own the GOP congressmen and put pressure on them to fight reform at any cost.  Because they know it's wrong, the GOP can think of only one way to fulfill their masters' wishes, and that is to feed lies to their constituents; playing off their fear, ignorance etc. "Death-panels?"  For God's sake, what the hell were they thinking?

It must be tiring to have that evil monkey on your back, GOP. Shrug it off. Do what you know is right, as a human being, not as a politician.