Dear Fellow Guinea Pig

Dear Fellow Guinea Pig

Immediately, as the Senate takes up health care legislation, we receive the chief benefit of the proposal. Laughter is not only good for the soul, it’s good for the body, too.

If we can’t laugh at the juxtaposition of the massive promises being made and the track record of our solons in Washington, well, we’re in for a long debate.

Now, I’m certainly no expert on medicine or insurance — and, no, I haven’t read the 2,074-page legislation — but I am fairly confident that we can all rest easy knowing our representatives have read and...