Opinion

THE BIG STORY

At last, it's time to sit down and talk about health care

Peter Beinart: Ramming it through is democratic

Using reconciliation to pass health care, Republicans insist, would be undemocratic. Sorry, that's how our republic works

George Will: Now, filibuster is the enemy

Wash. Post: Reconciliation and truth

John Kass: Delivering health care The Chicago Way

Once the cameras are turned off, Barack Obama will take out the baseball bat and explain how things get done

Bob Moffit: Obama's rhetoric vs. reality

Jonathan Cohn: An idea Obama should steal

Steve Chapman: Embracing a Nixon-era bad idea

Froma Harrop: Americans can speak for themselves

Have you voted on any of the Democratic health care reform plans? Me neither. But Republicans insist that "the American people have spoken"

Victor Davis Hanson: Too little, too late, too cynical

The problem again is that Barack Obama's outreach is too little and comes too late, more than a year after he began his unilateral effort to have the government assume much of the nation's health-care system

Matt Miller: Which side has the gold-medal game plan?

Ezra Klein: A viewer's guide

Chris Cillizza: What to watch

Karl Rove: What the GOP should say

Sebelius and DeParle: A foundation for bipartisan agreement

DMN: Can Dems, GOP make it better?

Mcjoan: Keep your expectations low

E.J. Dionne: What the summit can accomplish

Goldstein and Sarlin: The 10 biggest health care mistakes

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The GOP leadership meets with reporters on the eve of the health care summit, as both sides try to gain control of the messaging game

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