this ain't even half the battle...

Health bill clears hurdle with support from Snowe
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
13 Oct 2009
WASHINGTON – Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President Barack Obama's signature issue toward votes this fall in both houses of Congress.

Okay, a version of a healthcare-reform bill finally got out of the Senate Finance Committee.
It's a piece of crap.
The original House bill was a helluva lot better.

I'm not quite sure the next steps, but I'd guess:
1. Senate vote
2. reconciliation conference with House

A good number of House Dems have promised to reject a final bill without strong public option.
Let's hold 'em to it!

Make some noise, folks.
Otherwise the noisy babble of morons and Luddites will win!