As published for The Arena on Politico.com on December 8, 2009:

Harry Reid clearly has an unfortunate tendency to make inappropriate comments. His comparison of legitimate questions about the health care legislation to support for slavery or opposition to civil rights call his rhetorical judgment into question, but we should not lose sight of the problems with his policy judgment as well. Contrary to a host of promises from President Obama and other Democratic leaders, the Senate health bill will not bend down the health care cost curve, will raise taxes, and uses unrealistic assumptions to paint itself as budget neutral. The latest “compromise” ideas will make the bill even more expensive and further threaten Medicare’s already questionable fiscal sustainability.

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