Reply #87: So many on DU on focussing on what this bill doesn't do rather than what it does

[Politicub]

As others have pointed out numerous time in this thread, this bill may mean life or death to millions of people.

I'm sorry about your condition, and I encourage everyone who supports this bill to call their senators -- I'm calling mine in GA although I know there's a snowballs chance in hell that they will support it -- to register my opinion. And, I phoned and wrote my rep to thank him for his courage in voting for the house bill.

For the perfectionists, I love what Paul Begala said in the WaPo op-ed on Saturday -- paraphrasing, but this bill is part of a movement and it's not a monument. Meaning that it can and will be amended as time goes by like social security and medicare.

I don't know if the people who want all or nothing are trust fund recipients or what, but something in their lives gives them the luxury of demanding this bill go down in flames while they wait for something perfect. But perfection will never come from our political process, so they are just naively stomping their feet.