Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
They did. They ran on a manifesto (Platform?) of health care reform, they won the election, and control of Congress. Looks like a blank check to me.
It's not, and this election result shows it quite well.

There is something fundamentally wrong with an entire system of government that prevents core pieces of legislation of the ruling party being passed when they have a majority in the legislature.
Yes, it is difficult to administer sweeping changes, and that is a good thing. Revolutionary changes usually bear sweeping consequences, and if the healthcare bill if flawed (which it is), then the public will end up paying the price for a legislative mistake.