Dem rep: We could totally pass health-care reform if we sent all the men home

A palate cleanser via RCP in which, for the second time this week, a Democrat warns fellow legislators to act like ladies. Given the mood of the country towards O-Care, I’m not sure who this dopey piece of gender politics was aimed at. But I’ll give her this: If there’s one thing America loves about our Speaker, it’s her nurturing willingness to compromise.

First obligatory pat on the back comes from Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Monday called “irreverent” but accurate, comments made by a female colleague that Congress could pass healthcare reform if men were sent home…

“Carol Shea-Porter was I think expressing the frustrations in an irreverent way of a lot of women across this country,” Wasserman Schultz said on MSNBC. “We do have conversations like that in the bathroom among Republican and Democratic women.”…

But Wasserman Schultz, who is Democratic Chief Deputy Whip, agreed with Shea-Porter’s premise; that women have greater family responsibilities when it comes to healthcare.

“In terms of healthcare decisions, women make virtually all of the healthcare decisions, or are the main decision makers for most families,” Wasserman Schultz said.

By the same logic, if it’s true that most men are in charge of directing their families’ investments (is it?), I guess we could get more done on, say, overseeing the Fed and TARP if we sent the women home. Exit question: Will it make either party’s base happy to know that there are many women congressmen eager to compromise with the hated enemy across the aisle?

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