Free Republic

WASHINGTON -- This will be one unholy Sunday for any American suckers left who still believe in the "Schoolhouse Rock" version of how a bill becomes a law. Yes, Democrats will finally enjoy the ugliest of victories when they force through their health-care overhaul on a "deem-and-pass" procedure, which is legislative jargon for pulling a fast one. The bill will get through not because it somehow got improved during the sausage-making process. No, it will pass because, in Washington, there is one unalterable truism. For so many of the most powerful people in this town, everyone and everything is up...