Ramblings

I mentioned last week that neither party really could say "if you like the health insurance you have you can keep it" because the status quo is unsustainable no matter what. Stuff will be changing whether Congress passes reform or not, no matter what policy they end up choosing (doing nothing counts as a choice).

On Tuesday, Max Baucus snapped at Mike Enzi (tied with Chuck Grassley for my least favorite senator at this point in time) and it was cool (and by cool I mean totally sweet). Tim Noah at Slate:

4:45 p.m.: Sen. Baucus is roused from his torpor after Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., grouses to Elmendorf that this bill will cause people to lose what health insurance coverage they have by taxing it away. "The fact is," Baucus answers, sounding sincerely annoyed, "you can't keep what you like in many, many cases without passing any law. And that's because employers are changing plans all the time." I don't think I've ever seen Baucus display irritation before. It's especially gratifying (given Baucus's bipartisan-to-a-fault outlook) to see him tell off a Republican.

Word.