RUN, ROSTY, RUN!:

Medicare cuts focus of Senate health care debate (ERICA WERNER, 12/05/09, Associated Press)

Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. [...]

Four moderate Democrats joined all Republicans present in voting for the amendment: Sens. Jim Webb of Virginia, Evan Bayh of Indiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

Underscoring the pressures on the moderates, Lincoln, who faces a difficult re-election next year, initially cast a "no" vote with the Democratic majority but switched to "yes" in the course of the 15-minute vote.

It's like watching the lemmings in a National Geographic special.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 5, 2009 8:31 PM