[lbo-talk] Republicans for health "reform"

[Doug Henwood]

[If Tommy Thompson likes it, it must be great, eh? Why, when you've  
got 60 votes in the Senate, do you need these GOP retreads? I know the  
answer to that, but still... From The Note.]

Tommy Thompson, Mark McClellan, Mike Bloomberg, Bill Frist (perhaps),  
and lots of doctors like it. That plus 60 Senate votes equals a health  
care bill.

At critical times in the health care debate, when the prospects looked  
bleak and the process looked stalled, the only thing that's kept  
things moving has been the illusion of momentum.

The latest White House effort to round up support from former GOP  
officials falls into that category....