BOY, THEY JUST DON'T CARE WHAT'S IN THE BILL AS LONG AS THEY CAN PASS SOMETHING:

Reid bows to centrists, will drop Medicare buy-in provision (J. Taylor Rushing and Alexander Bolton, 12/14/09, The Hill)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is prepared to give in to demands from centrists in order to pass the healthcare legislation before Christmas, senators say.

Reid indicated at a closed-door Democratic Conference meeting on Monday that he would drop a controversial Medicare buy-in provision, which was offered as a replacement to the government-run health insurance option, to win the votes of Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.).