Into the mouths of babes ...

Another stellar Republican moment: John Shadegg (R-Upchuck, AZ) grabs a baby as a prop and inserts free-market pablum ventriloquism into the already infantile Republican health care arguments ("Maddy believes in freedom.... Maddy believes in patient choice health care.").

Maddy, as soon as she reaches the age of majority, is probably going to sue the living shit out of you, Mr. Shadegg. There's so much wrong with this videotaped moment, I think we need a poll.

Update: How fitting that this coincides with the beginning of the debate on the Republican "substitute." The one that everyone's been laughing at for the past week.

Procedural update: We'll have about an hour of debate on the R substitute, then the votes on the two amendments--Stupak and the R substitute. If you're working the phone on Stupak, keep at it.

After the amendment votes, there will be a motion to recommit, and the rumor is that the Rs are going to use that to demagogue about not letting brown people have health care.

After that, the final vote. I've seen numerous reports that leadership is confident they have the votes for final passage.