This is probably a waste of time

But I’m sure some toga-wearing objector wished he would have at least attempted a little passive-aggressive negotiation before Nero struck his match.

Here’s my latest letter to Senators Murray and Cantwell. I find it grossly incompetent that, by their own Democrat standards, they’ve been such relatively cheap whores when it comes to health care reform. Mary Landrieu got a nice chuck of change before she bent over for Harry. Nelson at least held out for some Astroglide.

Dear Senator,

I am one of the clear majority of Americans who oppose the health care reform bill currently proposed by the Senate. I still oppose it, but since it’s become clear that your Democrat party will pass this monstrosity one way or another, I would expect you to at least stand up for your neighbors and the citizens of your state by demanding that Washington receive the same or similar concessions that were granted to the states of Louisiana and Nebraska to buy their Senators’ votes.

Senator Landrieu of Louisiana proudly claimed that she’d secured $300 billion worth of federal funding for her state in order to secure her vote.

Senator Nelson of Nebraska has apparently secured full federal funding of Medicare for his state.

There may have been more concessions to other Senators, since the full text of the bill that you’ve committed to vote for hasn’t been seen or read by anybody outside of Majority Leader Reid’s office. But I fully expect you, as a Democrat Senator in good standing, to fight for the same kinds of "bonus" dollars for the citizens of the State of Washington that other, less influential Senators received.

Merry Christmas