and then THAT happened...

Those poor Republicans. Now they've gone and done it. Put themselves right in a corner. There was Coburn, waxing poetic on the nobility of doing nothing about the insanity of rising health care costs, when reality came crashing down.

Through the tears of suffering...

After weeks of watching Republicans "actin' a fool" at town halls across the country, the country was jolted into finally facing the reality of that party's "policy." A single woman, pleading for the help denied to her husband by the vaunted insurance companies, did what even the President's appearance at town halls could not do: put a human face on the "issue."

So now the tone has quietly shifted; the media is more forceful about challenging the complete and utter unwillingness of Republicans to either compromise or put forth any ideas of their own. Republicans have quieted themselves, no doubt spurred by fears of having more desperate parties showing up pleading for help at their town halls.

Trufizz, they'd probably prefer the hecklers.