The 1990s: More unpleasant than you may remember

Click here for a Cliff Notes version of how we got where we are today, courtesy of Digby:


It's also a good reminder that:

• health care reform hasn't been debated on its merits (as opposed to its possibilities for partisan advantage) in a long time, and
• "moderate Republican" stopped referring to anything actually existing much early than we may tend to think now.