Bill Bradley and our foolish senators

by: Hopeful

Sun Aug 30, 2009 at 07:40:53 PM EDT

Senator Bradley's idea is that a grand compromise is possible on health care -- after all, he says it worked for President Reagan's tax reforms. He shares his touching story of how he joked around with Reagan. Then he reveals, without noticing the irony, that Bradley and Rostenkowski made the deal because "it might serve as a model for passage of other significant legislation, like deficit reduction and health care reform."

Do you remember the 1988 balanced budget that resulted?  The universal health care bill of 1987? In short, the poor man still boasts of his great deal, when he was scammed.  

Dday points out that the Republicans have no reason to make the proposed deal in exchange for medical malpractice tort reform because they've already got it in most states, and because it is really a minor issue.  Bradley is just reinforcing conservative propaganda in his piece.  But, I'd like to be a bit simpler: What does Bradley think has been going on for the last six months? Has he read the papers? For better or for worse, no one can deny that Max Baucus has been bending over backwards to make a deal. It's only earned attacks from Republicans.  That Bradley has not noticed suggests he doesn't read the newspaper he is published in.

Is too much to ask that Bradley pay attention to what has happened this year and when he was Senator before he shares his "wisdom" in the New York Times?