Come on, Bipartisanship my behind. Bipartisanship is a joke. If I want one thing and you want the exact opposite, we can sit down and talk all we want, but unless we change each other's minds (which in this case will not happen), we will not agree on anything. If they (Democrats and Republicans) were really interested in Bipartisanship and fixing the current healthcare situation they would lay aside all thoughts of sweeping reform, get together all the things they can agree on (tort reform, etc) that would help fix the current system (there are actually more than you would think), quickly pass those to 'put the finger in the dyke' so to speak, then go back to the fighting to get their opposing plans passed. Neither side gives a rat's tail about Bipartisanship, they only care about appearing like they do to the public. You are fooling yourself if you think that Obama is seriously trying to work with Republicans on this. (and Republicans are smart enough to know otherwise)