Let's Play Doctor: Obama's Waterloo

How do you like that Republican obstructionists? He needed every last of the sixty votes, but Obama got the bill through your last stand in the Senate. The bill now goes to conference, and Republicans will pull out all the stops to kill the bill after the conference vote, exploiting liberals and their unhappiness with the missing public option, and the public's frustration with Washington gridlock in general. When thinking about said gridlock, that Republicans are causing with their insistence on cloture, a parlimentary procedure not in the constitution, I find it funny that they then exploit the frustration these tactics cause. So was this begs the question, was this healthcare debate really the Republicans' Waterloo? They threw all their eggs in one basket, and bet that the Democrats couldn't pass healthcare measures in two chambers that would extend coverage to 30 million Americans and reform the way healthcare operates in America. How could they ever work against the most pressing problem American families are facing today? How do you not help in that effort? And don't tell me the Democrats shut them out. Core provisions of the healthcare bill are based on Republican ideas, and hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted into the legislation. Yet, still the Republicans stood in the way, and tried to kill the bill with everything they had. I hope the American people remember this for a generation or two, and that the Democrats help remind them every chance they get.