Must it be all or nothing?

My gawd, the Democrats and especially the liberals, have compromised on the proposed health care reform bill. Yet, despite all the compromise, done in part to try to accommodate Republicans, there's virtually no hope of a bipartisan approach to the much-needed reform. Because the GOP wants its way. Totally. Entirely. Even though Republicans are in the minority. I hope the American people see through this. That Democrats are being reasonable. But they are faced with unreasonable opposition. Republicans that won't participate in a give-and-take. Whatever happened to the times when both parties met each other halfway? Makes me wonder why the political game has to come down to all or nothing. --Jim Broede