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At the end of the session, the president suggested that if no deal was at hand, Democrats would press forward alone and let voters be the ultimate judge. “That’s what elections are for,” he said.

I wonder if the president is being a little too cavalier about this whole healthcare reform thing.  The Republican party’s image isn’t at its best right now, but even their thoughts on the issue are to be respected.  Because–let’s face it–Democrats don’t have it all right.

Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Republican whip from Virginia, said the president’s olive branch on issues such as malpractice wasn’t enough. “An ounce of sugar does not make bad medicine go down,” he said in an interview. “The bill is a fundamentally flawed bill.”

But that doesn’t mean they have it all wrong, either.  Perhaps Republicans just need to suck it up and realize that they’re not going to get everything they want.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said the same thing he’s been saying for weeks: “The bill needs to be scrapped.”

Bah.  We’ll see.

[ via the Wall Street Journal ]

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Introspection is something I seem to be pretty good at.  As my mentor person puts it, I was given eyes to see.

It’s not something I’ve been doing a whole lot of lately, though.  Normally, this would worry me.  Lack of introspection usually indicates that I’m avoiding an issue that needs to be addressed.

Not this time, though.  At least, I don’t think that’s the case.

I just know so many people who are going through worse situations than I am.  It makes me feel guilty about thinking about my own problems.

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“I’m such an idealist that it’s not okay.”

That’s what one of the girls in my RUF small group said last week.  There are times when I feel the same way about myself.

I went for a job interview about a week and a half ago.  I didn’t get the job.  My mom thinks it was because I was “too honest” during the interview.  I didn’t have much to say to that, but man did a lot of stuff go through my head.

“Why can’t I be honest?  Why would I ever want to get hired under false pretenses?”

I asked Lizabeth later if there was a place in the world of healthcare administration for someone like me.

“Are you one of those people who looks at the big picture?” she asked.

“…Yeah.”

“You know what they call that?”

“Uh…I don’t know.”

“It’s called being a visionary.  Organizations need people like that.”

I really, really hope she’s right.

[ image by Mykl Roventine ]

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