Over the protests of Republicans.

So, you Republicans, you think the way to accomplish your ways is to hang together. To stick together in your dogged opposition to long overdue health care reform. Well done, you Republicans. You are good teachers. You are teaching Democrats that the only way to pass health care reform is to stick together. Yes, the most liberal and most conservative of Democrats must coalesce into a united front. And end up with more votes than you Republicans. That's how a victory is made. How the common good is served. Democrats are borrowing your tactics, dear Republicans. They are gonna rub your faces in the same muck that you so aptly like to use. Winning is everything. It takes a team effort. And the ghost of Vince Lombardi appears to be a Democrat. Looking more and more like the Democrats will cross the goal line Sunday night or early Monday morning. We Americans will have historic welfare reform. And reason to celebrate. And yes, you Republicans will have opportunity over the next 7 months to tell the electorate the myth that reform is something gawd awful. But you know what, the Democrats also will have time to show that the reform serves the common good. Yes, to the benefit of the overwhelming majority of Americans. The Democrats also will show that the reform isn't perfect. That improvements yet need to be made. But that this is the initial step in the right direction. And America is on its way to universal health care. It's just a matter of time. That's the way America got social security, Medicare and civil rights. Incrementally. And over the protests of recalcitrant Republicans. --Jim Broede