If the health care reform debate were about health care or the crisis in the delivery of heath care in America, it might be interesting, something to keep up with in the news. Americans might sit down at the diner and talk about the choices available and their relative merits. The guy across the table might explain over the counter that the "public option" is a nonprofit medical insurance program that would keep medical insurance companies honest by entering the competition. If no one takes that option – fine. But that’s not what the health care debate in Congress is about – either the problem or the issues. Sadly, it’s about something else.<\/p>\n
Alan Grayson [D-FL]<\/strong> has emerged a powerful voice in framing what’s happening to Congress:<\/p>\n