A simple plan.

I cribbed the title of this post from Jonah Goldberg, although it dates back at least to Jonathan Swift.

The Democrats are playing a semantic shell game with healthcare "reform." Various Democrat administrators and legislators , including President Obama, keep assuring us that their proposed legislation will do this and won't do that. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sibelius has the ultimate copout, insisting that "the bill" hasn't even been written yet.

What should we do? That's where the simple plan comes in. We won't know what's in the final legislation, if any, eventually passed by Congress. Of course, neither will most of the Senators or Congressman who vote on it. All we can do is absolutely insist that, whatever bill they pass, will apply equally to all federal employees, including the President and the rest of the executive branch and Senators and Congressmen and their staff.

Oklahoma Senator Coburn's Amendment #226 would require all members of Congress and their staff to enroll in the newly-required public health insurance plan. We should insist that any bill that is passed include this provision. For me, this is a deal breaker.