FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Why Progressives Are Batshit Crazy to Oppose the Senate Bill

Evan a bad health care bill is better than the crap we've currently got according to the numbers.

Nate Silver breaks it down in clear dollars and cents.

Josh Marshall questions the sanity of those who want their pet bill or nothing at all.

And Ezra Klein points out that even if, and maybe because, insurance companies are in the running to make a ton of money from this bill, the advantage of having rules finally put in place still counts as a benefit to all of us.

Hey, I would LOVE to ditch my current plan and put my family onto a public plan that doesn't spend my money to lobby Republicans or douchebags like Joe Lieberman or Max Baucus to do their bidding. But I can't, but I'd love to be able to see my Mom get some health insurance.

It isn't everything I want, but it is what millions of folks need.