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I have a lot of sympathy for the people who made this ad. The fact is, the corporate stranglehold on our government has ensured there will be no lasting reform bill. At this point, even if the Democrats pass a bill through reconciliation, their awful handling of the issue has all but ensured they will lose their majorities in November, and then the Republicans will immediately repeal the Democrat legislation. Since Obama and others have drafted a bill most of which does not kick in until 2017, repealing the law will cost nothing; no company will have changed anything in their policies or procedures.
Honestly, I think the Democrats would do better at this point to drop the whole healthcare issue and move on. Not that they'd win in November, but they would at least not face the embarrassment of having their legislation immediately repealed by the next congress.
