If anyone doubts the power of the tentacles of lobbyists, consider the length of time Congress has, in one form or another, been discussing Health Care Reform. From my memory it started during the Presidency of Richard Nixon and has continued, sadly, till this day.

The basic issue, affordable health care for all Americans, has not changed. But possible solutions have not evolved either, in part because new proposals seldom build on old ones. Obama's broad, leave-the-details-to-Congress proposal has little in common with the 1,300-page measure President Bill Clinton couldn't even get to a vote in a Democratic Senate in 1993.

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