We are down to the wire with healthcare reform in the US. Will the US healthcare system be reformed in any meaningful way? Obama has just requeted an up or down vote in the House and Senate. As a point of reference, I think it important we define the language Republican Lexicon: Republican Speak: Jam down our Throats/Cram down our throats = majority vote in each house of congress Reconcillation = Simple majority vote in the Senate. Nuclear Option: This one has multiple meanings. Before a few weeks ago it meant changing the filibuster criteria or abolishing the filibuster rules. As of few weeks ago, Republicans have been using "the nuclear option" as instead of the traditional term, Reconcilliation. If indeed this is the nuclear option, Republicans have used it in every year they were in control of the senate. So the Republicans have nuked the senate 17 times in recent years if indeed we use this definition.
This is about who controls what you earn, if you have a job. If you are distracted by the he said/she said stuff then pick a side and root for whichever team you thinks will financially rape you less.