Tonight, President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress, whose members are freshly returned from August recess.  What the President will say and how it will affect the national discussion on health care reform remains to be seen.  What is absolutely certain is that the discussion over the past month has been hijacked by delusional claims by people whose agenda consists of little more than scoring cheap political points.

The greatest and most offensive inequities in this nation happen when someone is denied medical care.  That this concept does not drive to the core of every elected official who holds the public trust is a threat to our Democracy.  

The bottom line is insurance companies don't care, Democrats have a real mandate, Republicans won't support anything, and it's time to flex some muscle.

Yesterday, there was inaccurate reporting on Congressional review of laws passed by the DC Council.  (Even Ezra Klein got it wrong, which is rare!)  It's an easily misunderstood process and very few people have a full understanding of it.  I've attempted to simply the process and apply it to the circumstances which prompted the inaccurate reporting.