George,

Yes, first good thing Perriello has done on healthcare, very much to be applauded. Of course very hard to pass the Senate and very hard to enforce without, you know, having a government that enforces laws. But much better than the worse-than-nothing "reform" bills. Next and more important step would be to introduce as separate legislation the language facilitating state-level healthcare solutions that was passed in committee by Kucinich and stripped out of the bill. And the sort of step that would indicate our representative was with us even if it meant defying Obama would be 1) opposing the corporate bailout "reform" bill and/or 2) refusing to vote more money for wars and the military, a small fraction of which could solve the healthcare mess.

David Swanson (Electronic mail, February 3, 2010)