This will be a bit of a short diary, but it highlights a point that may be fairly important in the next few days ahead.
Remember "grab a mop"? Three words that perfectly summed up the situation President Obama was talking about at the time, the fact that when the country is digging itself out of its current mess there's no honor in sitting on the sidelines and whining about how the other side is trying to clean up the mess. Well, I found another short three-word term that might be a good one to hammer away with.
It comes from the MIT analysis concluding that Americans will pay less under the bill in the Senate.
A new analysis by a leading MIT economist provides new ammunition for Democrats as the Senate begins formally debating the historic health-reform bill being pushed by President Barack Obama.
The report concludes that under the Senate’s health-reform bill, Americans buying individual coverage will pay less than they do for today's typical individual market coverage, and would be protected from high out-of-pocket costs.
So Democrats will argue that under the Senate bill, Americans would pay less for more.
There it is! Less for more. Republicans enjoy referring to the bill as a 2000+ page monster, takeover of health insurance by the government, etc. etc. The response to that is to simply continually remind the audience that the report has concluded that under the bill, Americans will pay less for more, so there. Don't you want to pay less for more? My colleague's comments on the size of the bill are an attempt to distract from the fact that this bill will end up having Americans paying less for more. This is not about a government takeover of health care, it's about Americans paying less and getting more. See how easy it is? Something tells me that this is the keyword that needs to be seen popping up everywhere over the next few weeks or however long it takes.