Regular readers of this site will know by now that I favor a meeting of the minds between moderate Democrats & moderate Republicans on many issues. I feel that the nation is essentially center-right and that is where the majority of the governing should take place. Now it seems that perhaps the Obama administration has pushed hard enough from the left to make such a meeting possible. From The Hill:
Centrist House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are working together privately on healthcare reform.
The talks have been so secretive and politically sensitive that some members interviewed by The Hill refused to name other legislators involved in the bipartisan effort. Members of the centrist GOP “Tuesday Group,” the New Democrat Coalition and the 52-member Blue Dog Coalition have been discussing both the policies and politics of moving their middle-of-the-road ideas in a body of Congress usually dominated by liberal or conservative ideology.
Those centrist factions are wary of the proposals their respective leaders will introduce this month. Blue Dogs are leery of the so-called public option in the healthcare reform bill that is expected to hit the House floor this summer. Meanwhile, GOP centrists opted to release their own healthcare plan a day before House GOP leaders are scheduled to unveil their reform package.
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The only thing I agreed with Obama about is that doctors have been ordering too many unnecessary tests and procedures because of potential lawsuits. Went to a doc almost two years ago for a fairly minor thing and before you know it he was sending me for heart echoes and kidney echoes, did a couple of EKGs too and I thought whassup?? I'm not dying (at least that I know), then you gotta pay for the stuff.
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