Someday, a Bill Will Pass

By GAIL COLLINS
NYT

Let’s listen to the sound of the House of Representatives debating student loan reform on Wednesday:

“I don’t want a single-payer health care system, and I don’t want a single-payer student loan system!”

“We’re not talking about health care today, but perhaps we should be!”

“The big gulp of the public option swallowing the private option!”

I think we have a pattern here. Last year, it seemed as though the whole world was a derivative. This year, no matter what the subject, there’s a death panel lurking behind every bush.

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