The sad part is that if they had dealt fairly with the republicans, they could have passed a reasonable and centrist health care plan that could get 75% of the vote in congress. This is an awful bill, good bills don’t need this type of force to get them passed.
At least we have that small mercy. The gov't needs to get out of the way of the private sector in health care. Gov't screwed it up in the first place, gov't can only 'fix' it by withdrawing from the sector.