[PressurePoint]

Best line from last week was when Sen. DeMint was on NBC and held up the 1,000+ page bill and said it hasn't been read by anyone. To which Matt Lauer, desperately trying to protect Obama, condescendingly replied, "Well, it's a complicated subject."

DeMint responded, "Exactly, so why are we rushing it through?"

[Dilbert San Diego]

And, from what I hear, this bill would take effect in 2013. Why the heck is there a rush to pass a bill that won’t take effect until after Obama’s hoped for re-election?

And he says he gets letters from citizens who can’t pay for leukemia treatments and all that. Well, if he’s so moved by these stories, and so determined that things happen quickly, why wouldn’t the bill become law as soon as he signs it?