Maybe This Way Someone Will Actually Read the House Bill?

I just read in Politico that Republican Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma is "threatening" to have the entire House health care bill read on the floor of the Senate if it passes (which it did, yesterday, by a vote of 220-215). Some Democratic aides are accusing Coburn of attempting to stall debate, calling him an obstructionist ("Dr. No"). Right. Better not to read the bill and just pass the thing. Why bother with the nuisance of actually reading it?

Coburn Threatening to Have Bill Read on Senate Floor
November 6, 2009
Politico

Still Time?

 James C. Capretta, analyzing the recently-passed health-care "reform" House bill, describes it as "madness." (I agree.) His conclusion: "Fortunately, there remains one very powerful opponent to what House and Senate Democrats are considering — the public. Most Americans want no part of this massive liberal overreach. And there’s still time to put a halt to the madness. But the window is closing."

Read entire article here.

The Insanity of the House Bill - James C. Capretta - Critical Condition on National Review Online

Here's a little blurb from Gary Bauer's End of Day report:

Yesterday, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) offered an amendment that would require every member of Congress to participate in the government-run public option if ObamaCare becomes law . . . Tom Coburn (R-OK) offered a similar amendment during committee hearings in the Senate. His amendment narrowly passed. But in an extreme act of hypocrisy, the majority of committee Democrats voted against it.