The Senate ObamaCare debate: It's come to this

It was the night before Christmas, and all through the Senate, the Right held up our health care bill, no matter what was in it.

The people had voted a mandated reform, but Republicans blew off the gathering storm. We’ll clog up the Senate, they cried with a grin. And in the midterm elections, we’ll get voted in. They knew regular folks needed help right this second, but fundraisers and lobbyists and politics beckoned.