Well ... That was bracing ...

So the House has passed the Healthcare Reform Bill, which may well be the hardest political fight ever fought for so little. It was a battle of scorched-earth politics, and only time will tell if any side battling it out (and there were more than two) actually accomplished anything.

The good: Nowhere near where I wanted to go, obviously -- If I had my way, we'd have a National Health like England's, as opposed to having 95% of the population on private insurance by 2014  -- but there are brigh...