Damn the torpedos

Damn the insurance industry; full speed ahead !!!!

Now that Max Baucus has dithered for months trying to accommodate Republicans, conservative Democrats, and the insurance industry -- and finally produced a better-than-nothing but not great bill -- the insurance industry has declared war against the bill.

They are mounting a big campaign to scare people with the specter of big increases in individual policy rates, as much as thousands of dollars a year.

Right -- and that is exactly why the final bill MUST have a public option, which they have successfully fought against including in the Baucus' bill.

So -- damn the compromises. You can't compromise with these people. They get you to make changes to include them, and then they vote against it anyway.

Ralph