Though the story doesn't say it, the picture it paints is much like what my state of California is facing already. In short, you cannot accomplish much without the courage to make cuts and raise revenue to finance ambitious programs. There will be some initial pain. We hope for eventual gain. But we will see neither courage nor gain as long as politicians in Congress see their re-election possibly imperiled.

This is a much more comprehensive look at the debate over health care, and the story, while at a very high altitude, is discussing this in terms of the reality of working through it in Congress. It also puts the discussion in context. There was a significant amount of (high altitude) detail that is regularly edited out / or left out of much of the MSM reports on health care. While other articles seem to focus on the personage creating obstacles - this addressed that issues that are obstacles. All in all this delivered on the title and sub-titleand leaves the reader interested in the follow-ups.

I'm a bit concerned about the relevance of cap-and-trade, but otherwise, the article's okay.

The story rambles quickly over a lot of territory and then lands on health care. The core problem of insurance corporations controlling congress to prevent the consideration of single payer is not addressed.