From John Cole at Balloon Juice, on the whining of Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., that Republicans are being excluded from deliberations on the health-care reform bill:
You want to have some say in the bill? Become constructive negotiating partners. Show that there is some reasonable expectation that you will vote for the bill if your changes are implemented. Offer amendments designed to make the bill better, not tank it. Slap down idiots like Palin and McCaughey and Bachmann who are running around lying and screaming about death panels. Stop holding rallies on the Capitol steps waving pictures of emaciated corpses from Dachau. You worried about cost containment — stop doing everything you can to protect profits for your big insurance buddies. Until then, stfu.
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