Gravediggers

They're so proud of themselves. Chests pumped in full senatorial plumage. "Ted was watching us," gushed Harry Reid, the Democrat majority leader wistfully reflecting upon the passage of a procedural vote on Obamacare that would have pleased the late Ted Kennedy. Once again, Democrat lawmakers in Washington are so pleased with their efforts to control one sixth of the U.S. economy and to add $2.5 trillion to our nation's deficit that they vote to do so only when they think that no one (besides Ted) is paying attention. In other words, the Democrats are more interested in paying homage to the dead than in respecting the wishes of the living.

On two separate Saturday nights now, within two weeks of each other, the Democrat-controlled Congress have collectively thumbed their noses at a majority of American citizens who oppose this legislation. Come hell or high water (perhaps both if Al Gore is right), Reid, Pelosi, et al, will continue to march down the path to government run healthcare much to the dismay of their constituents. And again we are left with this fundamental and overriding question: If Obamacare is so great and so necessary, why then does Congress and the President exempt themselves and their families from coverage?