Quote of the Day: Nancy Pelosi on health-care reform

By Michael J.W. Stickings

This is encouraging.

Here's Pelosi (via Sargent and Cohn):

You go through the gate. If the gate's closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we'll pole vault in. If that doesn't work, we'll parachute in. But we're going to get health care reform passed for the American people.

The Republicans are manning the ramparts, guarding the unjust, unfair, corrupt, expensive, and disease-ridden status quo with all their obstructionist might.

But there are far more Democrats than Republicans, and there's a Democrat in the White House, and, while I hope that Pelosi's words reflect a newfound confidence and courage among Democrats, it's pretty clear -- and pretty easy, if Democrats just stick together for once -- what needs to be done.

Pass the damn bill, the (flawed) Senate bill, then use reconciliation to make it better.

Seriously. Do it.