Obama Engages Deeper

Hard to admit, but not all Blue Dog proposals are bad. This piece from Time has some good reference links like this one on an Independent Medicare Advisory Commission

Is Barack Obama finally channeling LBJ to save his health reform initiative? As we've noted before, the President until now has stayed away from the nitty-gritty of the negotiations on Capitol Hill, largely because he wants to avoid the mistakes that the Clintons made in 1993, when they tried to dictate to Congress precisely how to transform the health system. His role, as he saw it, was to make the case on the outside, with the public, to convince Americans that health reform is needed--and needed now.

Rest of article with reference links here