As was expected, the Health Care Reform Summit was a flop. The reforms are needed as was discussed in an earlier post on this subject. However, a televised debate like this Summit is not the right forum to reach agreement as it only forces the participants to stick to their own positions as they impress their base.
It looks like that the Summit’s purpose was to convince the public that Obama did try to get a bipartisan agreement and since it did not happen, he can move on by bypassing the filibuster. This will set a bad precedent. Obama and the Democrats should understand that public is not dumb and that these short cuts will come back and haunt them when the Republicans take control of the Congress and the White House which may happen as soon as 2012.
It is time to take a deep breadth on Health Care Reform and focus on the economy and job creation.
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