So the House GOP manages yet another massive fail, this time offering virtually no details on their health care plan.
If only the Senate Democrats hadn't put themselves in much the same box. We still don't know important details like whether Senate Dems are going to provide a public option, require a coverage mandate, or change the tax treatment of employer-provided health benefits.
The Senate Dem's problems are mostly caused by a handful of senators hiding behind the crazy notion that health care reform should require a supermajority. Senators like Kent Conrad are pushing the nonsensical notion that the success of health care reform depends on votes from Republicans.
Al Franken will be the 60th Democratic Senator. You don't need 60 votes to pass health care -- you only need 60 votes to block a filibuster, and no Democrat who filibusters health care reform will manage to get through a primary.
If Senate Dems are banking on a "we're not Republicans" strategy to pass health care reform, they'll be sorely disappointed. Instead of playing procedural games, they had better get around to the business of joining President Obama in making the public case for health care reform.
If they don't, they'll learn how quickly electoral fortunes can change.
Update: Tom Daschle joins Kent Conrad in siding with Republicans who oppose a public option.