As interminable mark-up on health bill continues, chair moves on from bipartisan dream
(NEWSER) - With his health care reform bill finally in committee, finance chair Max Baucus appears to have given up on a truly bipartisan bill. On day one yesterday, "he seemed to be moving back to the left again," writes Mike Madden in Salon. He agreed to a host of modifications suggested by Democrats to make reform easier on lower-income Americans, and his aides didn't seem to mind the ensuing criticism from the right. More»
