Learning It Late

The manner of passing the health bill has been an eye-opener to me. As more than a casual observer of the political scene and not naive about the ways of the world, I thought I understood the legislative process. Bribery, a political sin, has always been with us and we would hear about it every year or so; usually in the context of someone being indicted. This health bill has brought sunshine to the process, a clarity of understanding I had not thought would ever happen. Brazenness, boldness, lying and backroom dealing became the ordinary course of dealing with the process. Yet, we are told that it is always done this way. It can't be true, and if it is then it is necessary to change it all. All the more imperative to enact GOOOH.