For those of you who read here regularly, you know that I am unabashedly in favor of some manner of health care reform. And I think a lot of folks would agree that, even if they are happy with their personal health care coverage, the system itself needs reform in order to ensure more Americans receive even a portion of that care.
I am also not afraid to say that the resulting bill is turning into a big hot mess. Questionable negotiation tactics - such as the "Cornhusker Kickback" that supposedly won Sen. Nelson's vote - and closed-door meetings have a lot of folks questioning the final product that will emerge from the Capitol.
Beyond questions of ethics and policy, the bill may have a greater hurdle to hurdle - namely the U.S. Constitution, as the two linked articles below discuss.