Zandar's Thought Of The Day

If Republicans agree with Democrats on 80% of health care reform as GOP Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia says, then as Steve Benen points out, why do Democrats have to completely scrap Obamacare, especially when the Republicans don't have a bill at all?

Richmond resident Ben Ragsdale demanded to know how Republicans were going to expand access to healthcare if they have only a four-page list of bullet-points as their plan.

"What is your substantive proposal to meet these real everyday problems that people have? Where's the beef?" Ragsdale asked, triggering applause from the crowd.

The telegenic GOP lawmaker said Republicans and Democrats agree on 80 percent of fixing the nation's healthcare system, but could not show the crowd a detailed plan that has been endorsed by House Republicans.

Cantor earlier this year said House Republican leaders would release an alternative healthcare plan, but have not done so yet.

Nor will they ever release a plan, because that would totally defeat their purpose of seeing no plan is passed. Besides, releasing that plan would show that Republicans and Democrats are 80% in agreement on health care reform, and that the GOP would actually then be under tremendous pressure to you know, compromise in good faith for once.

Not going to happen.