Senator Max Baucus, the other vampire squid from Hell, runs the Senate finance committee when he isn’t sharing pâté made from the livers of dead cancer victims with all of his good friends in the health insurance industry. Some people simply do not care for this Max Baucus, with his lobbyist-whoring and foot-dragging and complete disregard for fellow Democrats when it comes to drafting acceptable health care reform legislation in his committee. So “these people” ( = his colleagues) have come up with a Plan to drive the ancient demon from his lair forever. MORE »

Oh look, positive health care news out of the House! Whoa whoa, TAKE IT EASY, Mitch Stewart — no money yet! Much work remains, for Health Care. But still, it looks like mean old Henry Waxman was able to reach a deal with those bitchy House Blue Dogs without sacrificing anything super-vital, like a public plan or an employer mandate. (Although certain minimums have been adjusted!) Now the House should — should! — be able to pass a decent enough bill in the end, which will be important for final committee negotiations, given the aristocratic Hell-bill that six actual whores in the Senate are producing. Nice work, opportunist Blue Dogs who were elected solely because of historic GOP unpopularity! You may now return to your cubby holes. [TPM]