So, we're coming down to it. The shape of health care reform (with or without irony quotes) in America is being debated now. Soon, we'll start to have a clearer idea of what our representatives will be voting on, what the President will ultimately be signing.
After a few days of trying to find the time to put my thoughts about this situation in order, I was finally able to sit down and write a letter to the President expressing my thoughts about the health care debate. I don't normally write letters to the White House or to Congress. I worked in DC for a while, and I saw box after box of constituent mail left unread, phone call after phone call reduced to a tick mark on a spreadsheet, email ignored. So, I'm cynical.