On Dec 21, 1:28*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:09:51 -0800 (PST), Jack
wrote:

On Dec 21, 9:45*am, wrote:

It's a bit of tit for tat. *One party hopes that a deblitated Senator
will be unable to attend the vote, and the other party hopes to foist
an unpopular, despicable, oppresive health care bill on the American
public.

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one..."

That plays well on Star Trek. *In this case though, the entire
citizenry becomes the victim, unwitting or otherwise.

That was my point... sacrifice the one senator to save the entire
country.