Perspective: The "Amy" in the title is a patient with cystic fibrosis--which, in case you didn't know it, is a white folks' disease. CF patients die young--but they live longer in the "heartless" capitalist USA than they do in any other country in the world, bar none. The difference: Socialized medicine elsewhere; private doctors and clinics here.

She has every reason to fear that socialized medicine will shorten her life. She's 27 now. Right now, if things are left alone, she's got ten years to live. Under socialized medicine she'll have less than that--as many as three years less. Or worse.

Some things, you do need new drugs to help manage. CF is one of them.

Does anyone suppose that Amy is going to get those new drugs? They either won't be developed or they will be deliberately withheld. "Not cost-effective." "We have lots of other patients to take care of." Yes, patients in protected groups, which don't include whites.

The author asks this question: "WHAT THE HELL IS THE RUSH?" Here's the answer: Liberals believe in doing what is expedient, usually after holding a finger to the wind. Conservatives, on the other hand, believe in doing what is right, even if it's unpopular. Whatever you may think about conservatives, you always know where they stand. And whether it's defending America, or reigning in government, if we're looking for genuine leadership, we always will be better off with conservatives at the helm. Always.

And another reason being that if it gets rushed through, just like the stimulis package, we won't know what hit us...but...Americans are taking notice of what the hell goes on after that fiasco...It's time to WAKE UP...and I think many have done just that.