Senator Lisa Murkowski and Health Care article had me ...

Reading my Nov. 12th Anchorage Daily News, I realized that Alaska's Senator Lisa Murkowski had turned into her father, Frank, who was Alaska's US Senator for so many years, before becoming our least popular governor ever. Slowing down progress was very “Frank,” unless there was a pipeline involved. So it is with Lisa, who, at a Chugiak, AK “town hall,” said of the health care bill now in the Senate: “We can pull this thing back.” Sounds like Frank to me.
As for her town hall, the 150 – plus, mostly retired participants were apparently happy with their health care as is. Here’s why. Participant Ron Bauers proclaimed, “I think we have a pretty good health care system now.” Bauers probably has good health care. But what of the 46 million uninsured, or the 44,000 who die each year for lack of health insurance?
Also against the health care bill were Harry Young, whose years in the military allows him great health care, courtesy of the government, and Ed Singer, retired teacher, who undoubtedly has a government-paid health care plan himself.
Being like dad seems more important to Lisa than getting decent health care to Americans who don’t have a government retirement plan like her, her dad Frank, or most of her Chugiak town hall crowd.