Baron Hill and the "Blue Poodles": yipping but toothless on health care

From Jim Brown of One News Now, a description of the cover-their-tail compromise deal worked out by the "Blue Dogs" on health care "reform"...

A former congressman says Blue Dog Democrats who agreed to a deal yesterday on the House healthcare bill may have achieved political cover by helping improve the legislation slightly, but they have not come close to fixing the major problems it creates.

Four Blue Dog Democrats agreed to a deal yesterday with Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman that they say will cut $100 billion from the overall cost of the [estimated] $1 - 1.6 trillion House healthcare bill....

Former Congressman Ernest Istook (R-Oklahoma), a distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says there is little difference...