the Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) cannot lead all the Senate Democrats to the the promise land. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has managed to get every Republican Senator including Snowe and Collins (GOP moderates) to obstruct almost every single piece of legislation that the Democrats have proposed yet Senator Reid has not managed to obtain a similar result from Democratic senators. Lets take the health care bill for instance. Conservadems have managed to draw out the debate and negotiation process of health care reform to such an extent that it has resulted in the squandering of most of the valuable political capital that blew them into office with an super majority in 2008. We heard about how haaaaard Baucus worked to get Republicans on board only to find out later that the GOP had already agreed to act as a pact in opposing anything and everything put forward by the Democrats. Even after that the Conservadems Lincoln, Nelson, Conrad, and Landreiu continued to delay by opposing such popular aspects of the bill as the public option there was still a way to get the health care bill through in December.

Now we have an opportunity to pass health care reform by the House drafting an amendment bill  through reconciliation with all the changes negotiated by the House and Senate in December before Scott Brown won Massachusetts.  The reconciliation bill  can then be sent to the Senate were it will pass.  After the House reconciliation bill is passed through the Senate the House then passes the Senate HCR bill “as is.”   Both the Senate bill “as is” and the reconciliation bill is then sent to the President for his signature.  The President then signs the Senate bill first and then the amendment/reconciliation to the Senate bill in that order.  Health care reform ACCOMPLISHED!  Passed and fixed in a matter of minutes.  Senators and House members please follow David Plouffe’s advice and just GET IT DONE!