Reply #5: It all depends upon what is in the "pared down" bill, doesn't it? Without

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specifics, how can anyone possibly say s/he is for or against it?

The headline is very ambiguous, though. It could sound as though a pared down bill is Dean's first choice--favored over maybe comprehensive reform--when the truth is, he wanted comprehensivve reform, but will settle for a pared down version as better than zero.

But again, a pared down bill is better than zero only if the pared down version is a good bill and we have no way of knowing that yet.

I'd prefer the one element at a time approach some of the House members supposedly want. but I very much doubt that will ever happen.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/77459-house-dems-warming-to-scaled-back-healthcare-reform