Author: BooMan

Al Franken: In 1917, progressives in America began a quest to create a system to provide health insurance to all Americans. Today, almost a century later, we are poised to take a giant step toward realizing that goal. Viewed...

Megan McArdle is typical of a Republican argument that is making the rounds. The GOP is arguing that the Democrats are committing an act of political suicide (political self-injury is how I put it) by passing a major overhaul of...

I don’t think that Tom Coburn understands that you can’t throw unborn babies under a bus without throwing their mothers there as well. And if he had made that point, I’d probably be more inclined to agree with...

As Al points out, Teddy Kennedy would have voted for this health care bill. I just watched Bernie Sanders and Ben Cardin explain how they secured money to forgive medical school tuition for doctors who go into primary care,...

I guess Harry Reid reached 60 votes for cloture late last night. I haven’t had a chance to look at the abortion language yet. Meanwhile, the Republicans are forcing the Senate clerk to read Reid’s manager’s...