McConnell does not know how to govern, or so it seems.  I suspect that reform is supposed to be a colossal failure because the insurance companies and PhARMA like that status quo exactly the way it is.  While there is room to compromise on health care reform and trade the high income surtaxes for a more general value-added tax, it would challenge Republican orthodoxy too much - even if it gave the rich a tax cut. Any other change would require certain parts of the law be more liberal.  The GOP does not have the votes to move it to the right, so they will lose in a way that they can blame the Democrats.

Vote boycotts are a perversion of democracy.  It could be that a deal was made and the major parties wanted someone else to support statehood because their members never would.  There may be hope for DC statehood yet if they bring them in as a pair.

Leave it to LifeSiteNews consider marrying for new love a mortal sin.  According to Garry Wills, they also misread Paul on Communion.