Common sense ...

Of which the Dems and their leadership seem to have abdicated (if they had any to begin with). Mr. Philadelphia (in toto):

I hope Dems in Congress take a moment or two to think about the politics of health care reform. Once it passes they will own all of it, not just the reforms. Republicans will turn every health insurance horror story in a story about how the Dems' HCR is a tremendous awful horrible failure, whether or not it has anything to do with specific reforms enacted.

All of this is my subtle way of suggesting they'd better pass something that people like and that works, because otherwise every insurance company dick move will be their fault.

The Dems painted themselves into a corner from Jump Street and this crap legislation is what we end up with. Way to shoot yourselves in the foot, guys.