Deep Into Saturday Night's Health Care Vote

Jim Weber, you know what I'll grant you that point that conservatives give about 30 percent more to charity per family than liberals. You know, 30 percent doesn't add up to all that much when you break it down as they do in the study to $1,600 versus $1,227. But it's a valid point, and I agree that too many people on the left think in terms of government doing things that they could accomplish with their own charitable giving. But still, what does this have to do with health care? Not much. Health care is about purchasing power to drive down costs, something the government has the ability to do, it's about holding insurance companies to a standard of care and it's about ongoing costs to pay for care for the uninsured. It's also about...